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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808609303321

Autore

Reinhardt Tobias

Titolo

Cicero's Topica [[electronic resource] ] : Edited with an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, UK, 2006

ISBN

0-19-151410-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Oxford Classical Monographs

Disciplina

875.01

Soggetti

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editions of the Topica; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Topica in Cicero's Oeuvre; 2. A Short History of the (omitted)óπoς; 3. The Anonymus Seguerianus; 4. The Legal Aspect of the Topica; 5. The Transmission of the Topica; List of Sigla; Latin text with facing translation; Appendix Critica; Commentary; Appendix: Cicero, Ad Familiares 7. 19; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index of Latin terms; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Index of Greek terms; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X

Sommario/riassunto

Cicero's Topica is one of the canonical texts on ancient rhetorical theory. This is the first full-scale commentary on this work, and the first critical edition of the work that is informed by a full analysis of its transmission. - ;Cicero's Topica is one of the canonical texts on ancient rhetorical theory. This is the first full-scale commentary on this work, and the first critical edition that is informed by a full analysis of its transmission. Cicero recommends an Aristotelian theory of argumentation to an expert on Roman law. The introduction and the commentary seek to elucidate the exact