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Véronique Léovant-Ciréfice, « Les lettres de l’exil dans la correspondance de Cicéron : une thérapie de la douleur ? », Vita Latina, ID : 10670/1.6z7z04
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Cicero’s epistolary relationship with Atticus during the exile gave him the means if not to relieve his pain, at least to transformit. By demanding information and reasons to hope from Atticus, by paying tribute to the ueritas of his letters and by treating him as an alter ego, Cicero generated and forced an epistolary tension upon his correspondent, so as to elicit those letters of paramount importance from him, thus creating his own consolation. Though wished for by the exile, those consolations are rejected as soon as they are received. But that very rejection has its purpose, as it brings the consular back onto the tracks of reflection and analysis, diverting him away from pathos. The epistolary relationship kept up with Atticus therefore plays a determining role for the selfpreservation of the exile and the way pain is dealt with.