Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780674995109
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9780674995116
Serie:
Loeb Classical Library 463
Inhalt:
Seneca the Elder (?55 BCE-40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. Extracts from famous declaimers of Seneca's illuminate influences on the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire, Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. On both types a prime source of our knowledge is the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Spaniard from Cordoba, father of the distinguished philosopher. Towards the end of his long life (?55 BCE-?40 CE) he collected together ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. These books contained his memories of the famous rhetorical teachers and practitioners of his day: their lines of argument, their methods of approach, their idiosyncrasies, and above all their epigrams. The extracts from the declaimers, though scrappy, throw invaluable light on the influences that coloured the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire. Unity is provided by Seneca's own contribution, the lively prefaces, engaging anecdote about speakers, writers and politicians, and brisk criticism of declamatory excess
Inhalt:
v. I. Controversiae, books 1-6 -- v. II. Controversiae, books 7-10. Suasoriae. Fragments
Anmerkung:
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780674995109(v.1)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780674995116(v.2)
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D Declamations Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1974
Sprache:
Englisch
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