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Ancient declamation-the practice of delivering speeches on the
basis of fictitious scenarios-defies easy categorization. It stands
at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. It is only within
the past few decades that the full complexity of declamation, and
the promise inherent in its study, have come to be recognized. This
volume, which contains thirteen essays from an international team
of scholars, engages with the multidisciplinary nature of
declamation, focusing in particular on the various interactions in
declamation between rhetoric, literature, law, and ethics.
Contributions pursue a range of topics, but also complement each
other. Separate essays by Brescia, Lentano, and Lupi explore social
roles-their tensions and expectations-as defined through
declamation. With similar emphasis on historical circumstances,
Quiroga Puertas and Tomassi consider the adaptation of rhetorical
material to frame contemporary realities. Schwartz draws attention
to the sometimes hazy borderline between declamation and the
courtroom. The relationship between laws and declamation, a topic
of abiding importance, is examined in studies by Berti, Breij, and
Johansson. Also with an eye to the complex interaction between laws
and declamation, Pasetti offers a narratological analysis of cases
of poisoning. Citti discovers the concept of natural law
represented in declamatory material. While looking at a case of
extreme cruelty, Huelsenbeck evaluates the nature of declamatory
language, emphasizing its use as an integral instrument of
performance events. Zinsmaier looks at discourse on the topic of
torture in rhetorical and legal contexts.
This is the first translation of the Progymnasmata of Severos of
Alexandria (indentified here as Severos, Patriarch of Antioch) into
a modern language, including a philological commentary and detailed
essays on rhetoric and style, as well as the language.
This is the first complete critical edition of Severos of
Alexandreia's Progymnasmata. In an appendix: the first complete
critical collection of the Testimonia and Fragmenta of the Sophists
Hadrianos of Tyrus and Kallinikos of Petrai, as well as the editio
princeps of the anonymous Ethopoiie Meretrix redempta .
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.
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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