Praise and blame in Roman republican rhetoric / editors, Christopher Smith and Ralph Covino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Christopher John, 1965-

Covino, Ralph

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eulogies.

Laudatory poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Laudatory poetry, Latin.

Invective--Rome--History.

Invective.

Oratory, Ancient.

Rhetoric, Ancient--History and criticism.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xi, 248 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales, 2010.

Summary:

The classicists and historians here are essentially writing about Cicero, and his trafficking in praise and blame, but they also consider the larger context in which he delivered his speeches. Among the topics are oratory and the self-construction of the republican aristocrat, historical exempla as tools of praise and blame in Ciceronian oratory, restraint and outbursts of orators in Roman contiones, invective identities in Pro Caelio, and the function of praise and blame in Philippics. The 13 papers are from a November 2006 conference at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction : praise and blame in Roman oratory / William J. Dominik and Christopher Smith

Self-serving sermons : oratory and the self-construction of the republican aristocrat / Karl-J Hölkeskamp

Cicero's oratory of praise and blame and the practice of elections in the late Roman republic / Catherine Steel

Historical exempla as tools of praise and blame in Ciceronian oratory / Henriette van de Blom

The lauditorio funebris as a vehicle for praise and admonition / Ralph Covino

The whole truth? : Laudationes in the courtroom / Roger Rees

Cicero and the 'false dilemma' / Robin Seager

Blaming the people in front of the people : restraint and outbursts of orators in Roman contiones / Martin Jehne

Violating the principles of partnership : Cicero on Quinctus and Naevius / Jill Harris

Combating the odium of self-praise : Cicero's Divinatio in Caecilium / Kathryn Tempest

Invective identities in Pro Caelio / W. Jeffrey Tatum

Praising Caesar : towards the construction of an autocratic ruler's image between the Roman Republic and the Empire / Cristina Rosillo López

The function of praise and blame in Cicero's Philippics / Gesine Manuwald.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9781905125463

1905125461

OCLC:

601004105

Publisher Number:

99944235611