Hermogenes' on types of style / / translated by Cecil W. Wooten

• Autore: Hermogenes <active 2nd century.>
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 159 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 808
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric; Style, Literary
• Altri autori: WootenCecil W. <1945->
• Note generali: Translation of: Peri ideōn.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-152) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; On Types of Style; BOOK I; 1. Introduction; 2. Clarity (Sapheēneia); 3. Purity (Katharoteēs); 4. Distinctness (Eukrineia); 5. Dignity (Axi D; ma) and Grandeur (Megethos); 6. Solemnity (Semnoteēs); 7. Asperity (Trachyteēs); 8. Vehemence (Sphodroteēs); 9. Brilliance (Lamproteēs); 10. Florescence (Akmeē); 11. Abundance (Periboleē) and Fullness (Mestoteēs); 12. Carefully Wrought Style (Epimeleia) and Beauty (Kallos); BOOK 2; 1. Rapidity (Gorgotēs); 2. Character (EĒthos); 3. Simplicity (Apheleia); 4. Sweetness (Glykyteēs) ; 5. Subtlety (Drimyteēs) and Speaking Pointedly (Oxeōs Legeiri) and a Speech That Is Graceful (Hōraios) and Pretty (Habros) and Pleasurable (Hēdonēn Exontos); 6. Modesty (Epieikeia); 7. Sincere Style (Alēthinos Logos); 8. Indignation (Barytēs); 9. Force (Deinotēs); 10. Practical Oratory (Logos Politikos); 11. Pure Practical Oratory (Haplōs Politikos); 12. Pure Panegyric (Haplōs Panēgyrikos); Appendix 1. Hermogenes and Ancient Critical Theories on Oratory; Appendix 2. Hermogenes on Panegyric; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Index of Topics and Names; Index of Technical Terms ; Index of Technical Terms
• Sommario/riassunto: Cecil Wooten has produced the first translation into any modern language of a key treatise of the ancient world. He provides a faithful English translation of Hermogenes' analysis based on a reliable Greek text established by Rabe at the beginning of this century and includes a substantial scholarly introduction and notes that will help the reader better understand Hermogenes, his exposition, and the historical and cultural context in which it was produced.
• Altri titoli varianti: On types of style
• Titolo autorizzato: Hermogenes' on types of style
• ISBN: 979-88-908768-9-8; 1-4696-1030-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786187403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II