A Greek Critic: Demetrius on Style
| Author | : Demetrius (of Phaleron) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : Classical philology |
| ISBN | : |
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Demetrius of Phalerum
| Author | : William W. Fortenbaugh |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2018-02-06 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1351326902 |
Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 355-280BCE) of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman. He studied in the Peripatos under Theophrastus and subsequently used his political influence to help his teacher acquire property for the Peripatetic school. As overseer of Athens, his governance was characterized by a decade of domestic peace. Exiled to Alexandria in Egypt, he became the adviser of Ptolemy. He is said to have been in charge of legislation, and it is likely that he influenced the founding of the Museum and the Library. This edition of the fragments of Demetrius of Phalerum reflects the growing interest in the Hellenistic period and the philosophical schools of that age. As a philosopher-statesman, Demetrius appears to have combined theory and practice. For example, in the work On Behalf of the Politeia, he almost certainly explained his own legislation and governance by appealing to the Aristotelian notion of politeia, that is, a constitution in which democratic and oligarchic elements are combined. In On Peace, he may have defended his subservience to Macedon by appealing to Aristotle, who repeatedly recognized the importance of peace over war; and in On Fortune, he will have followed Theophrastus, emphasizing the way fortune can determine the success or failure of sound policy. Whatever the case concerning any one title, we can well understand why Cicero regarded Demetrius as a unique individual: the educated statesman who was able to bring learning out of the shadows of erudition into the light of political conflict, and that despite an oratorical style more suited to the shadows of the Peripatos then to political combat. The new edition of secondary reports by Stork, van Ophuijsen, and Dorandi brings together the evidence for these and other judgments. The facing translation which accompanies the Greek and Latin texts opens up the material to readers who lack the ancient languages, and the accompanying essays introduce us to important issues. The volume will be of interest to those interested in Greek literature, Hellenistic philosophy, Hellenistic history, and generally to persons captivated by the notion of philosopher-statesman.
Demetrius the Besieger
| Author | : Pat Wheatley |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 517 |
| Release | : 2020-04-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 019883604X |
Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known as 'The Besieger of Cities', Demetrius is the most fascinating and high profile of the Successors to Alexander the Great, an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure famous for his siege warfare and his legendary womanising: this volume charts the many triumphs and disasters during his career and hispivotal role in the formation of the so-called 'Hellenistic' age.
Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw
| Author | : Debra Hawhee |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2020-06-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 022670677X |
We tend to think of rhetoric as a solely human art. After all, only humans can use language artfully to make a point, the very definition of rhetoric. Yet when you look at ancient and early modern treatises on rhetoric, what you find is surprising: they’re crawling with animals. With Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw, Debra Hawhee explores this unexpected aspect of early thinking about rhetoric, going on from there to examine the enduring presence of nonhuman animals in rhetorical theory and education. In doing so, she not only offers a counter-history of rhetoric but also brings rhetorical studies into dialogue with animal studies, one of the most vibrant areas of interest in humanities today. By removing humanity and human reason from the center of our study of argument, Hawhee frees up space to study and emphasize other crucial components of communication, like energy, bodies, and sensation. Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to Erasmus, Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw tells a new story of the discipline’s history and development, one animated by the energy, force, liveliness, and diversity of our relationships with our “partners in feeling,” other animals.
The Sublime in Antiquity
| Author | : James I. Porter |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 713 |
| Release | : 2016-03-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107037476 |
Detailed new account of the historical emergence and conceptual reach of the sublime both before and after Longinus.
Ancient Letters and the New Testament
| Author | : Hans-Josef Klauck |
| Publisher | : Baylor University Press |
| Total Pages | : 542 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Bible |
| ISBN | : 1932792406 |
"This volume places the New Testament letters squarely in the middle of all the important letter corpora of antiquity. Chapters cover the basic letter formula, papyrus and postal delivery, non-literary and diplomatic correspondence, Greek and Latin literary letters, epistolary theory, letters in early Judaism, and all the letters of the New Testament. Part I of each chapter surveys each corpus, followed by detailed exegetical examples in Part II. Comprehensive bibliographies and 54 exercises with answers suit this guide to student and scholar alike."--Publisher's website.
The Renaissance Rediscovery of Intimacy
| Author | : Kathy Eden |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2017-11-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 022652664X |
In 1345, when Petrarch recovered a lost collection of letters from Cicero to his best friend Atticus, he discovered an intimate Cicero, a man very different from either the well-known orator of the Roman forum or the measured spokesman for the ancient schools of philosophy. It was Petrarch’s encounter with this previously unknown Cicero and his letters that Kathy Eden argues fundamentally changed the way Europeans from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries were expected to read and write. The Renaissance Rediscovery of Intimacy explores the way ancient epistolary theory and practice were understood and imitated in the European Renaissance.Eden draws chiefly upon Aristotle, Cicero, and Seneca—but also upon Plato, Demetrius, Quintilian, and many others—to show how the classical genre of the “familiar” letter emerged centuries later in the intimate styles of Petrarch, Erasmus, and Montaigne. Along the way, she reveals how the complex concept of intimacy in the Renaissance—leveraging the legal, affective, and stylistic dimensions of its prehistory in antiquity—pervades the literary production and reception of the period and sets the course for much that is modern in the literature of subsequent centuries. Eden’s important study will interest students and scholars in a number of areas, including classical, Renaissance, and early modern studies; comparative literature; and the history of reading, rhetoric, and writing.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
| Author | : Theresa Enos |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 828 |
| Release | : 2013-10-08 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1135816069 |
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Translation and Style in the Old Greek Psalter
| Author | : Jennifer Brown Jones |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2021-11-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004472304 |
While some describe the Greek Psalter as a “slavish” or “interlinear” translation with “dreadfully poor poetry,” how would its original audience have described it? Positioning the translation within the developing corpus of Jewish-Greek literature, Jones analyzes the Psalter’s style based on the textual models and literary strategies available to its translator. She demonstrates that the translator both respects the integrity of his source and displays a sensitivity to his translation’s performative aspects. By adopting recognizable and acceptable Jewish-Greek literary conventions, the translator ultimately creates a text that can function independently and be read aloud or performed in the Jewish-Greek community.
