[Born B.C. 113. Died B.C. 49. Aged 64.]
He employed his great oratorical powers in the defence of Sylla, and of
the aristocratic party to which he had attached himself. Cicero styled
him “rex judiciorum.” He defended Verres against Cicero: and the triumph
of Cicero on that occasion threw Hortensius ever after into the second
rank. He acquired great wealth, and lived luxuriously. His oratory was
of the florid kind, and greatly aided by gesticulation; he had a
retentive memory, and a sweetly sonorous voice.
[From the marble in the Villa Albani, Rome. The Bust is inscribed with
his name. It was found together with the bust of Isocrates (No. 15).]