Invention And Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus (Writings from the Greco-Roman World) (Writings from the Greco-Roman World)

This volume contains the Greek text, textual apparatus, and first published English translation of two treatises on rhetoric, with introductory material and notes. Once attributed to Hermogenes of Tarsus, these treatises are now believed to be by unknown authors writing in the second or third century C.E. or later. The first treatise, entitled On Invention, is a handbook for students providing formulas to aid them in the composition of declamations on assigned themes. The second treatise, On the Method of Forcefulness, discusses prose style with special attention to figures of speech. Extensive notes interpret the often-difficult content and relate it to other writing on rhetoric. The Greek text is that of Hugo Rabe (1913). Invention and Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Index of Short Titles Used in the Notes......Page 9 Note on the Greek Text......Page 12 On Invention: Introduction......Page 13 BOOK 1......Page 23 1: on prooemia from hypolepsis (suppositions)......Page 25 2: on prooemia from hypodiaeresis (subordination)......Page 37 3: on prooemia from periousia (superfluity)......Page 41 4: on prooemia from kairos (occasion)......Page 43 5: on all prooemia, and of how many parts they are composed......Page 45 BOOK 2......Page 51 2: on emigrations and invention in declamation about them......Page 55 3: on proposals about laws......Page 59 4: on war and peace......Page 63 5: on impiety or homicide......Page 67 6: on wrongs to the state......Page 69 7: on diegesis......Page 71 BOOK 3......Page 81 2: on prokataskeuē......Page 83 4: on headings......Page 93 6: on enstasis and antiparastasis......Page 99 3: on biaion......Page 103 5: on epikheiremes......Page 105 7: on ergasia of epikheiremes......Page 119 8: on enthymeme......Page 121 9: ......Page 123 10: on ap’ arkhēs akhri telous......Page 127 11: ......Page 135 12: ......Page 139 13: on the arrangement of epikheiremes......Page 141 14: on definition......Page 143 15: on diaskeuē......Page 147 BOOK 4......Page 157 1: on figures of speech......Page 159 2: on antitheton......Page 161 3: on period......Page 167 4: on pneuma......Page 175 6: on dilemmaton......Page 189 8: on kyklos......Page 193 9: on epiphonema......Page 195 10: on trope......Page 199 11: on solemn language......Page 201 12: on kakozelon......Page 203 13: on figured problems......Page 207 14: on comparative problems......Page 217 ON METHOD OF FORCEFUL SPEAKING......Page 221 2: on all (unfamiliar) diction......Page 225 4: when to use the same and when to use varied words......Page 227 5: on abundance......Page 231 7: on paraleipsis and aposiopesis......Page 233 8: on circumlocution......Page 235 9: on epanalepsis......Page 239 10: on the figure of interrogation......Page 241 11: on asyndeton......Page 243 13: on equal figures......Page 245 14: on hyperbaton......Page 247 16: on parison and how it occurs......Page 251 17: on pretence (of extemporaneity)......Page 253 18: on amplification: when can it be opportunely used in trials?......Page 255 20: on oath: what is not sworn and what is sworn......Page 257 22: on successfully accomplishing opposites by saying opposites......Page 259 23: on forestalling the claims of the opposition......Page 261 24: on escaping notice while repeatingwhat you or others have said......Page 263 25: on praising oneself without offense......Page 265 26: on tricks devised by demosthenes in the lawcourts......Page 267 27: on second speeches: why a case is divided and how this is done......Page 269 29: on commonplace thoughts: how we shall make them our own when speaking......Page 271 30: on use of verses in prose......Page 273 31: on powerful emotions among the hearers......Page 275 33: on speaking in tragic style......Page 277 34: on speaking in comic style......Page 279 35: on amphiboly......Page 281 36: on elaboration of public speaking, dialogue, comedy, tragedy, and socratic symposia......Page 283 37: on negation......Page 285 Glossary and Index of Technical Terms......Page 289 Invention and Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus 3 Table of Contents 5 Index of Short Titles Used in the Notes 9 Note on the Greek Text 12 On Invention: Introduction 13 ON INVENTION 23 BOOK 1 23 1: on prooemia from hypolepsis (suppositions) 25 2: on prooemia from hypodiaeresis (subordination) 37 3: on prooemia from periousia (superfluity) 41 4: on prooemia from kairos (occasion) 43 5: on all prooemia, and of how many parts they are composed 45 BOOK 2 51 1: on katastasis or diegesis 55 2: on emigrations and invention in declamation about them 55 3: on proposals about laws 59 4: on war and peace 63 5: on impiety or homicide 67 6: on wrongs to the state 69 7: on diegesis 71 BOOK 3 81 1: prooemion 83 2: on prokataskeuē 83 4: on headings 93 6: on enstasis and antiparastasis 99 3: on biaion 103 5: on epikheiremes 105 7: on ergasia of epikheiremes 119 8: on enthymeme 121 9: 123 10: on ap’ arkhēs akhri telous 127 11: 135 12: 139 13: on the arrangement of epikheiremes 141 14: on definition 143 15: on diaskeuē 147 BOOK 4 157 1: on figures of speech 159 2: on antitheton 161 3: on period 167 4: on pneuma 175 5: on tasis 189 6: on dilemmaton 189 7: on parekhesis 193 8: on kyklos 193 9: on epiphonema 195 10: on trope 199 11: on solemn language 201 12: on kakozelon 203 13: on figured problems 207 14: on comparative problems 217 ON METHOD OF FORCEFUL SPEAKING 221 1: (on different possible meanings of a word) 225 2: on all (unfamiliar) diction 225 3: on mistakes in word usage 227 4: when to use the same and when to use varied words 227 5: on abundance 231 6: 233 7: on paraleipsis and aposiopesis 233 8: on circumlocution 235 9: on epanalepsis 239 10: on the figure of interrogation 241 11: on asyndeton 243 12: on preliminary headings and recapitulation 245 13: on equal figures 245 14: on hyperbaton 247 15: on antitheton 251 16: on parison and how it occurs 251 17: on pretence (of extemporaneity) 253 18: on amplification: when can it be opportunely used in trials? 255 19: on a patent lie: when ought one to use it? 257 20: on oath: what is not sworn and what is sworn 257 21: on advocates: to whom should they be given? 259 22: on successfully accomplishing opposites by saying opposites 259 23: on forestalling the claims of the opposition 261 24: on escaping notice while repeatingwhat you or others have said 263 25: on praising oneself without offense 265 26: on tricks devised by demosthenes in the lawcourts 267 27: on second speeches: why a case is divided and how this is done 269 28: on narration 271 29: on commonplace thoughts: how we shall make them our own when speaking 271 30: on use of verses in prose 273 31: on powerful emotions among the hearers 275 32: on admitted wrongdoing 277 33: on speaking in tragic style 277 34: on speaking in comic style 279 35: on amphiboly 281 36: on elaboration of public speaking, dialogue, comedy, tragedy, and socratic symposia 283 37: on negation 285 Glossary and Index of Technical Terms 289 The Greek Text, Edited By Hugo Rabe, Translated With Introductions And Notes By George A. Kennedy. Contains The Greek Texts And English Translations Of Two Treatises, On Invention, And On The Method Of Forcefulness, Once Attributed To Hermogenes Of Tarsus, But Now Believed To Be By Unknown Authors. The Greek Texts Are From Hermogenes, Edited By Hugo Rabe, Published In 1913 By B.g. Teubneri. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contains the Greek text, textual apparatus, and English translation of two treatises on rhetoric, with introductory material and notes. The first treatise provides students with formulas to aid them in the composition of declamations on assigned themes. The second treatise discusses prose style with special attention to figures of speech. The treatise begins abruptly without preface, definition, or division of the subject, such as is usually found in rhetorical treatises on invention.