Roman Rhetoric
Revolution and the Greek Influence
Published on 17. October 2008
240 pages
978-1-60235-081-6 (ISBN)
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Greek and Roman traditions dominate classical rhetoric. Conventional historical accounts characterize Roman rhetoric as an appropriation and modification of Greek rhetoric, particularly the rhetoric that flourished in fifth and fourth centuries BCE Athens. However, the origins, nature and endurance of this Greco-Roman relationship have not been thoroughly explained. Roman Rhetoric: Revolution and the Greek Influence reveals that while Romans did benefit from Athenian rhetoric, their own rhetoric was also influenced by later Greek and non-Hellenic cultures, particularly the Etruscan civilization that held hegemony over all of Italy for hundreds of years before Rome came to power.
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Richard Leo Enos is Professor and holder of the Lillian Radford Chair of Rhetoric and Composition at Texas Christian University. His research concentration is in classical rhetoric with an emphasis in the relationship between oral and written discourse. He is past president of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric (1980-1981) and the Rhetoric Society of America (1990-1991). He received the RSA George E. Yoos Award Distinguished Service and was inducted as an RSA Fellow in 2006. He is the founding editor of Advances in the History of Rhetoric and the editor (with David E. Beard) of Advances in the History of Rhetoric: The First Six Years (2007, Parlor Press).
Content
- Front cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Etruscan Influences on the Development of Roman Rhetoric and Literature
- 2 Forces Shaping the Transition from Greek to Roman Rhetoric
- 3 Kairos in the Roman Reception of Greek Rhetoric
- 4 When Rhetoric Was Outlawed in Rome: The Censure of Greek Rhetoric and the Emergence of Roman Declamation
- 5 The "Latinization"of Greek Rhetoric: A Revolution of Attitude
- 6 The "Hellenization" of Marcus Tullius Cicero
- 7 Cicero "Latinizes" Hellenic Ethos
- 8 The Effects of the Roman Revolution on the Rhetorical Tradition of Athens and the Second Sophistic
- 9 A Study of the Roman Patronage of Greek Oratorical and Literary Contests: The Amphiareion of Oropos
- 10 Rhetoric at Rhodes: Greek Rhetoric in a Roman World
- 11 Severance and Restraint: Rhetoric in the Greek-Speaking East and the Latin-Speaking West
- Works Consulted
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author
- Back cover
