À l'école d'Homère
Subtitle: la culture des orateurs et des sophistes
By: sous la direction de Sandrine Dubel, Anne-Marie Favreau-Linder et Estelle Oudot
Series: Études de littérature ancienne -- 24
Publisher: Éditions Rue d'Ulm
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre; eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9782728805266
Subjects: Congresses; Sophists (Greek philosophy); Influence; Ancient Oratory
Description: The articles collected in this volume look at the relationship between Homer and ancient rhetoric. Ancient reception cast Homer as a master of an ideal rhetoric, "the first sophist." Homer's authority was exerted or discussed both in the context of education in rhetoric and in the discourse of sophists and orators. By referencing Homer, speakers could identify themselves as men of culture, but they could also solidify that culture by borrowing, from Homeric exempla and citations, a language shared by the Greeks from classical Athens to the Byzantine era.
Notes: Part of the proceedings of two international colloquia held in Clermont-Ferrand, May 27-28, 2010, and in Dijon, November 18-19, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.

Contributions in French and English.