Cicero did afterward defend this Antony, as we learn from his speech Pro Domo Sua; but his change of purpose in that respect has nothing to do with the argument.
[Sidenote: B.C.62, aetat.

45.] We have two speeches extant made this year: one on behalf of P.Sulla, nephew to the Dictator; the other for Archias the Greek scholar and poet, who had been Cicero's tutor and now claimed to be a citizen of Rome.

I have already given an extract from this letter, as showing the charm of words with which Cicero could recommend the pursuit of literature to his hearers.

The whole oration is a beautiful morsel of Latinity, in which, however, strength of argument is lacking.

Cicero declares of Archias that he was so eminent in literature that, if not a Roman citizen, he ought to be made one.