Hermogenes' on types of style / translated by Cecil W. Wooten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hermogenes, active 2nd century.

Contributor:

Wooten, Cecil W., 1945-

Standardized Title:

Peri ideōn. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.

Rhetoric.

Literary style--Early works to 1800.

Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 159 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

On types of style

On types of style.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cecil Wooten has produced the first translation into any modern language of a key treatise of the ancient world. He provides a faithful English translation of Hermogenes' analysis based on a reliable Greek text established by Rabe at the beginning of this century and includes a substantial scholarly introduction and notes that will help the reader better understand Hermogenes, his exposition, and the historical and cultural context in which it was produced.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; On Types of Style; BOOK I; 1. Introduction; 2. Clarity (Sapheēneia); 3. Purity (Katharoteēs); 4. Distinctness (Eukrineia); 5. Dignity (Axi D; ma) and Grandeur (Megethos); 6. Solemnity (Semnoteēs); 7. Asperity (Trachyteēs); 8. Vehemence (Sphodroteēs); 9. Brilliance (Lamproteēs); 10. Florescence (Akmeē); 11. Abundance (Periboleē) and Fullness (Mestoteēs); 12. Carefully Wrought Style (Epimeleia) and Beauty (Kallos); BOOK 2; 1. Rapidity (Gorgotēs); 2. Character (EĒthos); 3. Simplicity (Apheleia); 4. Sweetness (Glykyteēs)

5. Subtlety (Drimyteēs) and Speaking Pointedly (Oxeōs Legeiri) and a Speech That Is Graceful (Hōraios) and Pretty (Habros) and Pleasurable (Hēdonēn Exontos); 6. Modesty (Epieikeia); 7. Sincere Style (Alēthinos Logos); 8. Indignation (Barytēs); 9. Force (Deinotēs); 10. Practical Oratory (Logos Politikos); 11. Pure Practical Oratory (Haplōs Politikos); 12. Pure Panegyric (Haplōs Panēgyrikos); Appendix 1. Hermogenes and Ancient Critical Theories on Oratory; Appendix 2. Hermogenes on Panegyric; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Index of Topics and Names; Index of Technical Terms

Index of Technical Terms

Notes:

Translation of: Peri ideōn.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-152) and indexes.

ISBN:

9798890876898

9781469610306

1469610302

OCLC:

827209073