Roman rhetoric : revolution and the Greek influence / Richard Leo Enos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enos, Richard Leo.

Series:

Lauer series in rhetoric and composition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Latin language--Foreign elements--Greek.

Latin language.

Intellectual life.

Rome--Civilization--Greek influences.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Civilization.

Greek language--Influence on Latin.

Greek language.

Rome--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xviii, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Parlor Press, [2008]

Contents:

Etruscan influences on the development of Roman rhetoric and literature

Forces shaping the transition from Greek to Roman rhetoric

Kairos in the Roman reception of Greek rhetoric

When rhetoric was outlawed in Rome : the censure of Greek rhetoric and the emergence of Roman declamation

The "Latinization" of Greek rhetoric : a revolution of attitude

The "Hellenization" of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero "Latinizes" Hellenic ethos

The effects of the Roman Revolution on the rhetorical tradition of Athens and the second sophistic

A study of the Roman patronage of Greek oratorical and literary contests : the Amphiareion of Oropos

Rhetoric at Rhodes : Greek rhetoric in a Roman world

Severance and restraint : rhetoric in the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West

Conclusion : the symbiotic relationship of Greek rhetoric and Roman culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.

ISBN:

9781602350793

1602350795

9781602350809

1602350809

9781602350816

1602350817

OCLC:

259754326