Roman Rhetoric

Revolution and the Greek Influence

Richard Leo Enos

• Publisher: Parlor Press, LLC
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9781602350793
• eBook ISBN: 9781602350816
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Greek Ancient History
• Index: History

Greek and Roman traditions dominate classical rhetoric. Conventional historical accounts characterize Roman rhetoric as an appropriation and modification of Greek rhetoric, particularly the rhetoric that flourished in fifth and fourth centuries BCE Athens. However, the origins, nature and endurance of this Greco-Roman relationship have not been thoroughly explained. Roman Rhetoric: Revolution and the Greek Influence reveals that while Romans did benefit from Athenian rhetoric, their own rhetoric was also influenced by later Greek and non-Hellenic cultures, particularly the Etruscan civilization that held hegemony over all of Italy for hundreds of years before Rome came to power.

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Table of contents
• Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• 1 Etruscan Influences on the Development of Roman Rhetoric and Literature
• 2 Forces Shaping the Transition from Greek to Roman Rhetoric
• 3 Kairos in the Roman Reception of Greek Rhetoric
• 4 When Rhetoric Was Outlawed in Rome: The Censure of Greek Rhetoric and the Emergence of Roman Declamation
• 5 The “Latinization”of Greek Rhetoric: A Revolution of Attitude
• 6 The “Hellenization” of Marcus Tullius Cicero
• 7 Cicero “Latinizes” Hellenic Ethos
• 8 The Effects of the Roman Revolution on the Rhetorical Tradition of Athens and the Second Sophistic
• 9 A Study of the Roman Patronage of Greek Oratorical and Literary Contests: The Amphiareion of Oropos
• 10 Rhetoric at Rhodes: Greek Rhetoric in a Roman World
• 11 Severance and Restraint: Rhetoric in the Greek-Speaking East and the Latin-Speaking West
• Works Consulted
• Works Cited
• Index
• About the Author
• Back cover