

Menander Rhetor. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica
Menander Rhetor, Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Edited and translated by William H. Race
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ISBN 9780674997226
Publication date: 06/10/2019
How to write a speech in ancient Greek.
This volume contains three rhetorical treatises dating probably from the reign of Diocletian (AD 285–312) that provide instruction on how to compose epideictic (display) speeches for a wide variety of occasions both public and private. Two are attributed to one Menander Rhetor of Laodicea (in southwestern Turkey); the third, known as the Ars Rhetorica, incorrectly to the earlier historian and literary critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus. These treatises derive from the schools of rhetoric that flourished in the Roman Empire from the second through fourth centuries AD in the Greek East. Although important examples of some genres of occasional prose were composed in the fifth and fourth centuries BC by Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and especially Isocrates, it was with the flowering of rhetorical prose during the so-called Second Sophistic in the second half of the second century AD that more forms were developed as standard repertoire and became exemplary.
Distinctly Hellenic and richly informed by the prose and poetry of a venerable past, these treatises are addressed to the budding orator contemplating a civic career, one who would speak for his city’s interests to the Roman authorities and be an eloquent defender of its Greek culture and heritage. They provide a window into the literary culture, educational values and practices, and social concerns of these Greeks under Roman rule, in both public and private life, and considerably influenced later literature both pagan and Christian.
This edition offers a fresh translation, ample annotation, and texts based on the best critical editions.
Praise
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These texts not only provide us with the most complete treatment of the topic, but also offer glimpses of various genres of epideictic speeches practiced in Antiquity… An invaluable contribution to the studies of ancient rhetoric.
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This new Loeb Classical Library volume is for those who fear public speaking more than death, taxes, or public embarrassment… Welcome exemplars of occasional speeches of praise, encouragement, and human connection.
Author
- William H. Race is Paddison Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Book Details
- 480 pages
- 4-1/4 x 6-3/8 inches
- Harvard University Press
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