{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Educated Imagination","provider_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog","author_name":"Michael Happy","author_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/author\/michaelhappy\/","title":"Cicero - The Educated Imagination","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"seWCkUKJ8v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/12\/07\/cicero\/\">Cicero<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/12\/07\/cicero\/embed\/#?secret=seWCkUKJ8v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cicero&#8221; &#8212; The Educated Imagination\" data-secret=\"seWCkUKJ8v\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R73nvRPNSHA The death of Cicero in the HBO series Rome, which (the pathos of this scene aside) pretty much portrays him as Frye suggests below. On this date in 43 BCE the Roman orator and philosopher Cicero was assassinated. Frye in notes 52: Anyway, wherever it goes, the first chapter [of Words with Power] is [&hellip;]"}