Rhetoric and religion in ancient Greece and Rome / edited by Sophia Papaioannou, Andreas Serafim and Kyriakos Demetriou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papaioannou, Sophia, editor.

Serafim, Andreas, editor.

Dēmētriou, Kyriakos N., editor.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; Volume 106.

Trends in classics - supplementary volumes ; Volume 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Religious aspects.

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

It is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by them. Rhetoric is used to address the divine, to invoke the gods, to talk about the sacred, to express piety and to articulate, refer to, recite or explain the meaning of hymns, oaths, prayers, oracles and other religious matters and processes. The 13 contributions to this volume explore themes and topics that most succinctly describe the firm interrelation between religion and rhetoric mostly in, but not exclusively focused on, Greek and Roman antiquity, offering new, interdisciplinary insights into a great variety of aspects, from identity construction and performance to legal/political practices and a broad analytical approach to transcultural ritualistic customs. The volume also offers perceptive insights into oriental (i.e. Egyptian magic) texts and Christian literature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

Religion and Rhetoric in Ancient Graeco- Roman Texts and Contexts

Part I: Religion, Rhetoric and Law

Religion and the Rule of Law in the Greek Polis

Speaking for the Gods: Greek Cultic Regulations and their Silent Informants

Religious Arguments in Antiphon Rhetor

Part II: Magic and Religion

Performing the Rhetoric of Magic in Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum and Metamorphoses 10

Transcultural Context in Graeco-Egyptian Magic: Two Case Studies from a Bilingual Theban Handbook

Part III: Religion and Rhetorical Performance

Trends in the Rhetoric of Prayer: The Actio of Prayer and the Eloquentia Popularis

Between Compassion and Aggression: The Rhetoric of Mourning in Republican and Early Imperial Rome

Argument and Performance in the Creation of a Rhetorical Matrix in Paul’s Congregations and Beyond

Part IV: The Rulers’ Religion

Beloved of the Gods, Son of the Gods, Rival of the Gods: Alexander and the Rhetoric of Religion in Plutarch, Arrian and Curtius Rufus

What Makes a Divus? The Prospective Rhetoric of Deification in Pliny’s Panegyricus

Tua Divinitas: Religious Self-fashioning in Tiberian Rome

Part V: Rhetoric and Religion in Verse Style

Biblical Epics: Intersection of Rhetoric and Religion in Greek and Latin Hexametric Paraphrases of Psalm 136 (137)

Notes on Editors and Contributors

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-069962-1