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Record Nr.

UNISA996207185803316

Autore

Bernstein Neil W. <1973->

Titolo

Ethics, identity, and community in later Roman declamation [[electronic resource] /] / Neil W. Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-299-71207-X

0-19-996412-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

875/.0109

Soggetti

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism

Oratory, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Law, ethics, and community in Sophistopolis -- pt. II. Responding to the Major Declamations.

Sommario/riassunto

Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education. Controversiae (declamations), imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual, were the most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The 'Major Declarations' is a collection of 19 full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. This book is devoted exclusively to the 'Major Declamations' and its reception in later European literature.