Choricius

Rhetorical Exercises from Late Antiquity (eBook, ePUB)

A Translation of Choricius of Gaza's Preliminary Talks and Declamations

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Produktbeschreibung

The first translation, produced by a team of eight scholars, of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza. Declamations, deliberative or judicial orations on fictitious themes, were the fundamental advanced exercises of the rhetorical schools of the Roman Empire, of interest also to audiences outside the schools. Some of Choricius' declamations are on generic themes (e.g. a tyrannicide, a war-hero), while others are based on specific motifs from Homeric times or from classical Greek history. The Preliminary Talks were typical prefaces to orations of all kinds. This volume also contains a detailed study of Choricius' reception in Byzantium and Renaissance Italy. It will be of interest to students of late antiquity, ancient rhetoric, and ancient education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511699559
• Artikelnr.: 52994412

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.