Roman rhetoric
Subtitle: revolution and the Greek influence
By: Richard Leo Enos.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Series: Lauer series in rhetoric and composition
Publisher: Parlor Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781602350793; 9781602350809; 9781602350816
Subjects: Rhetoric, Ancient; Latin language -- Foreign elements -- Greek; Greek language -- Influence on Latin; Rome -- Civilization -- Greek influences; Rome -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Etruscan influences on the development of Roman rhetoric and literature; title: Forces shaping the transition from Greek to Roman rhetoric; title: Kairos in the Roman reception of Greek rhetoric; title: When rhetoric was outlawed in Rome : the censure of Greek rhetoric and the emergence of Roman declamation; title: The "latinization" of Greek rhetoric : a revolution of attitude; title: The "hellenization" of Marcus Tullius Cicero; title: Cicero "latinizes" Hellenic ethos; title: The effects of the Roman Revolution on the rhetorical tradition of Athens and the second sophistic; title: A study of the Roman patronage of Greek oratorical and literary contests : the Amphiareion of Oropos; title: Rhetoric at Rhodes : Greek rhetoric in a Roman world; title: Severance and restraint : rhetoric in the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West; title: Conclusion : the symbiotic relationship of Greek rhetoric and Roman culture.