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#48 – Cicero on the Ring of Gyges | Latin texts 22..#48 – Cicero de anulo Gygis | Litterae Latinae 22

10.23.2017 - By latinitium.comPlay

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This episode of our series of recorded Latin texts is a story told by

Cicero about a man by the name Gyges, who, after a violent rainstorm, finds

a very special ring which gives him a superpower, not unlike that which was

given to Bilbo and Frodo.

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