The rhetorical exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes: Progymnasmata from twelfth-century Byzantium

Progymnasmata are literally "exercises" that are "preliminary" to declamation, which is the composition and delivery of ostensibly impromptu speeches in the guise of fictional, mythical, or historical characters who serve as prosecution or defense in fictitious trial scenarios. B...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicephorus Basilaces 1115-1180 (Author)
Other Authors: Beneker, Jeffrey (Editor, Translator), Gibson, Craig A. 1968- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2016
Series:Dumbarton Oaks medieval library 43
Subjects:
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Progymnasmata are literally "exercises" that are "preliminary" to declamation, which is the composition and delivery of ostensibly impromptu speeches in the guise of fictional, mythical, or historical characters who serve as prosecution or defense in fictitious trial scenarios. Basilakes's collection includes highly polished examples of fable, narration, maxim, refutation, confirmation, encomium, and ethopoeia. Basilakes's exercises draw on myth, ancient history, the Bible, and other Christian texts, and they use specific words and phrases from ancient Greek epic, tragedy, historiography, and other genres. The progymnasmata also feature mythological and biblical stories that Basilakes treats more than once, the most obvious example being his handling of the myth of Atalanta as both a refutation and a confirmation. In other cases, however, he revisits stories so as to highlight different perspectives, changes in disposition, and moral dilemmas....
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xxii, 394 Seiten
ISBN:9780674660243

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Indexes