Choricius

Rhetorical Exercises from Late Antiquity

A Translation of Choricius of Gaza's Preliminary Talks and Declamations
Herausgeber: Penella, Robert J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first translation of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780521848732
• ISBN-10: 0521848733
• Artikelnr.: 26526212

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Robert J. Penella
Part I. Choricius, Preliminary Talks Robert J. Penella
Part II. Choricius, Declamations: 1. Declamation 1 [X]: 'Polydamas' D. A. Russell
2. Declamation 2 [XII]: 'Priam' D. A. Russell
3. Declamation 3 [XIV]: 'The Lydians' Simon Swain
4. Declamation 4 [XVII]: 'Miltiades' Simon Swain
5. Declamation 5 [XX]: 'The Young War-Hero' D. A. Russell
6. Declamation 6 [XXIII]: 'The Miserly Old Man' D. A. Russell
7. Declamation 7 [XXVI]: 'The Tyrannicide' Malcolm Heath
8. Declamation 8 [XXIX]: 'A Spartan Citizen' George A. Kennedy
9. Declamation 9 [XXXV]: 'The Child-Killer' Malcolm Heath
10. Declamation 10 [XXXVIII]: 'Patroclus' William W. Reader
11. Declamation 11 [XL]: 'The War-Hero' Terry L. Papillon
12. Declamation 12 [XLII]: 'An Orator' George A. Kennedy
Epilogue. The fortune and reception of Choricius and of his works Eugenio Amato.