The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric : Commentaries on Aphthonius's Progymnasmata / [translated and edited by] Ronald F. Hock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hock, Ronald F., 1944- editor, translator.

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; volume 31.

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; volume 31

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Chreiai.

Chreiai--Translations into English.

Aphthonius, active 4th century-5th century. Progymnasmata.

Aphthonius.

Classical literature--Translations into English.

Classical literature.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xii, 345 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2012]

Language Note:

Text in English and Greek.

Summary:

The first volume in the trilogy, published in 1986, introduced and translated the Progymnasmata and some related texts. The 2002 second volume translated various classroom exercises that used the chreia, especially during the third, or rhetorical stage of the curriculum. In this concluding volume, Hock (religion, U. of Southern California) collects and translates six contemporary commentaries. They are by John of Sardis, the P-Scholia, by John Doxapatres, Rhetorica Marciana, by Maximus Planudes, and Matthew Camariotes' epitome of it. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

"This is the third and final volume of the Chreia in Ancient Education and Literature Project sponsored by the Institute of Antiquity and Christianity at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. The first volume, The Chreia in Ancient Rhetoric: The Progymnasmata, appeared in 1986 and introduced and translated the chreia chapters from all the extant Progymnasmata as well as some related texts. The second volume, The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric: Classroom Exercises, was published in 2002, and introduced and translated the various classroom exercises that used the chreia during the primary and secondary stages of the curriculum but especially during the third, or rhetorical, stage where elaborating a chreia became the principal exercise for students to undertake"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781589836440

1589836448

OCLC:

813415617