Ancient Greek Rhetoric

“Linked like a Chain: Revelation 22.6-9 in the light of an Ancient Transition Technique,” New Testament Studies 47 (2001): 105-117

by Bruce Longenecker

Rev 22.6–9 exhibits an elaborate structure. Fundamental to its structural complexity is the rhetorical technique of... more Rev 22.6–9 exhibits an elaborate structure. Fundamental to its structural complexity is the rhetorical technique of ‘chain-link’ construction, discussed by both Lucian of Samosata and Quintilian. Appearing in at least three other passages in the Johannine apocalypse, this transition device involves a back-and-forth (AbaB) arrangement of ideas that has not been adequately appreciated in modern scholarship. Rev 22.6–9 has occasionally been characterised as the product of a second-rate or ‘irregular’ mind. In fact, however, these verses evidence a structural feature commended by ancient rhetoricians concerned with presentational clarity and force.

La oratoria judicial en la escuela de Isócrates

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

Anuario de Estudios Filológicos, 1983, 6, 57-62

La oratoria griega como género literario

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

Cuadernos de literatura griega y latina V
edd. D. Estefanía, MªT. Amado, C. Criado, MªT. Miñambres, Á. Pérez, C. Riobó
Alcalá de Henares, Santiago de Compostela, 2005
ISBN 84-8138-658-8
pp. 205-232.

The aim is to question the reason for the publication of judicial and demegoric speeches. We study the process of... more The aim is to question the reason for the publication of judicial and demegoric speeches. We study the process of publication of speeches written with a practical purpose and their transformation in literary pieces. The speeches of Antiphon, Gorgias, Thrasymachus, Lysias, Andocides, Isocrates, Isaeus, Demosthenes, Aeschines and Hyperides are studied to understand this process.

‘Tukidydejskie mowy: prawda czy zmyślenie’

by Bogdan Burliga

Meander 54 (1999), ss. 13-24

‘„Chwała, która nie przemija”. Ateny w mowach Eliusza Arystydesa’

by Bogdan Burliga

Collectanea Classica Thoruniensia 13 (2002), ss. 15-27

‘Pomiędzy praktyką a teorią: prawdziwa natura demokracji ateńskiej’

by Bogdan Burliga

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium 14 (2002), ss. 5–23

Formas y funciones del entimema en la oratoria ática

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

Cuadernos de Filología Clásica (Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos), 1994,  ns. 4, 205-225.

Patterns and Functions of the Enthyíneme in Attic Speeehes. According to the authors interpretation. Aristotle assumes... more Patterns and Functions of the Enthyíneme in Attic Speeehes. According to the authors interpretation. Aristotle assumes in his Rhetoric that the enthymeme may fulfill three functions: it may increase the speaker’s credibility, or stir the emotions of the audience, or aim especially at the logical reasoning. A detailed study of 17 examples taken from Attic speeches shows that these three functions interact with one another. Particular attention is paid to the syntactic shape enthymemes may take, especially when embedded in conditional clauses. Differences of tense are also to be observed depending on the genre of the speeches. Gencrally speaking, enthymemes refer to the past in judicial speeches, but to the future in deliberative speeches.

La logografía fuera del ámbito judicial

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

DIC MIHL MVSA, VIRVM
Homenaje al profesor Antonio López Eire
edd. Francisco Cortés y Julián Méndez
Salamanca 2010.
ISBN 978-84-7800-201-6
pp. 123-129

There was in the 4th century b.C, a demegoric logography and we have some attestations of that fact that have been... more There was in the 4th century b.C, a demegoric logography and we have some attestations of that fact that have been overlooked.

La retórica aristotélica y la oratoria de su tiempo (sobre el ejemplo de Lisias 3)

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

Emerita, 1998, 66.2, 339-359.

Aristotle's Rhetoric is a descriptive text to a greater extent than normally recognized and so our understanding of... more Aristotle's Rhetoric is a descriptive text to a greater extent than normally recognized and so our understanding of Aristotle can be improved with .the analysis of speeches previous to him; as a case study, the third speech of Lysias has been choosen. The argumentation of judicial speeches previous to Aristotle was built with enthymemes whose first premises are based on emotions and characters explaining human behaviour.

Se justifica a partir del ejemplo del discurso 3 de Lisias que Aristóteles, frente a la condena platónica de la Retórica, a partir del estudio de la oratoria de su tiempo, admite una Retórica basada en formas argumentativas racionales o entimemáticas que afectan también a las pruebas mediante la credibilidad del orador y a las que se basan en provocar sentimientos en el auditorio.

Orígenes de la súplica retórica a los jueces

by Francisco Cortés Gabaudan

Anuario de Estudios Filológicos, 1986, IX, 89-100

Research on the parallelism between the oratory addresses to the heliasts (jury members in Athens courts) and the... more Research on the parallelism between the oratory addresses to the heliasts (jury members in Athens courts) and the litterary greek prayers.

Se estudia el paralelismo entre la súplica retórica a los jueces y las súplicas literarias, especialmente de Homero y drama, para intentar establecer un nexo que explique su origen. Por otra parte, se compara la súplica judicial con el juramento heliástico.

“The Rhetoric of Kyrios and the Diminution of the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark.” Presented to the Mark Group at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in San Francisco, CA (November, 2011).

by Michael Whitenton

“Trying Jesus: Rhetoric and Testimony in the Markan Passion Narrative.” To be Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago, IL (November, 2012).

by Michael Whitenton

P.DUK.INV. 4R: HOMER, ILIAD 22.111–149 WITH MARGINALIA

by Roberto Bongiovanni

“Rewriting Abraham and Joseph: Stephen’s Speech (Acts 7:2-16) and Jewish Exegetical Traditions,” Novum Testamentum 54.2 (2012): 149–67.

by Michael Whitenton

In the conclusion of his recent article “Acts and the Fragmentary Jewish Authors” (NovT 53 [2011] 22-51), C.R.... more In the conclusion of his recent article “Acts and the Fragmentary Jewish Authors” (NovT 53 [2011] 22-51), C.R. Holladay suggested the need for further work in comparative hermeneutics in relation to the Acts of the Apostles. In response to Holladay’s call, this article explicates the use of Genesis in Acts 7:2-16 in light of the use of Genesis in select Jewish texts, from the LXX to those from the rabbinic period, focusing particularly, though not exclusively, on the impact of certain exegetical traditions found in Jubilees, Philo’s De Abrahamo, and Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities.

Book review of T. Rego, La filosofía del sentido común según Aristóteles. Roma: Leonardo da Vinci, 2011. 137pp.

by David Torrijos-Castrillejo

"Anuario Filosófico" 45 (2012) 203-206

Rego compare Aristotle with a contemporary philosopher, Antonio Livi. He searchs his realism (that stands under the... more Rego compare Aristotle with a contemporary philosopher, Antonio Livi. He searchs his realism (that stands under the name of "philosophy of common sense or alethic logic") in Aristotelian philosophy. So he looks for the material logic in Aristotle.
The first part deals with the common sense in the methodology of Aristotle, while the second reviews the verification of the five judgments implicitly made ​​by common sense according to Livi.

Pour Protagoras: Angenot et le sens du social. Dialogues de sourds. Traité de rhétorique antilogique de Marc Angenot. Mille et une nuits, 450 p. Dialogues de sourds. …

by Yan Hamel

The Athenian Procedure of “dokimasia” of Orators. A Response to Douglas M. MacDowell, in Symposion 2001. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Evanston, Illinois, 5.-8. September 2001), hrsg. Robert W. Wallace, Michael Gagarin, Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2005, pp. 9 (89-97) [ISBN 3-7001-3474-6

by Lorenzo Gagliardi

ENGLISH: Douglas MacDowell has provided a complete analysis of the dokimasia rhetoron. In particular, he has affirmed... more ENGLISH: Douglas MacDowell has provided a complete analysis of the dokimasia rhetoron. In particular, he has affirmed that the consequence of a defeat in a dokimasia rhetoron was not partial atimia, as commonly mantained, but total atimia. He has concluded that the complex of laws involving the four acts mentioned in the law about the dokimasia rhetoron (maltreatment of parents, military dereliction, prostitution, squandering one’s ancestral property) seems very inconsistent, because a person could suffer a different penalty for committing the same act, according to the judicial action chosen (eisangelia or graphe on the one hand, dokimasia on the other). In the case of the laws considered here, some observations raise doubt about the proposition that there were different penalties for the same act, depending on the legal action. On the contrary, in this article I have argued that there were different penalties and, therefore, different actions, according to differences in the conduct for which individuals were prosecuted.
ITALIANO: Nella sua relazione presentata al Symposion 2001, D. MacDowell ha compiuto un’analisi completa della dokimasia rhetoron. In particolare, ha affermato che la conseguenza della sconfitta in una dokimasia rhetoron non era l’atimia parziale, come comunemente si ritiene, ma l’atimia totale. Ha anche concluso che il complesso delle norme riguardanti i quattro atti citati nella legge riguardante la dokimasia rhetoron (maltrattamento dei genitori, abbandono delle armi in battaglia, prostituzione, dilapidazione del patrimonio avito) appare contraddittorio, perché, a suo modo di vedere, un cittadino poteva subire, per aver compiuto lo stesso atto, una pena diversa, a seconda dell’azione giudiziaria con la quale fosse perseguito in giudizio: l’eisangelia e la graphe l’avrebbero portato alla condanna a morte; la dokimasia rhetoron l’avrebbe portato alla condanna all’atimia totale. Dall’esame delle fonti che si è compiuto, è invece emerso che la differenza tra le varie pene, non dipendeva solo dall’azione con cui il colpevole era stato perseguito, ma soprattutto dal fatto se egli avesse o meno parlato nell’ekklesia dopo avere compiuto uno di tali atti: prima di avervi parlato, avrebbe potuto essere perseguito con dokimasia e, se fosse risultato colpevole, sarebbe stato condannato all’atimia (probabilmente parziale); dopo avervi parlato, avrebbe potuto essere perseguito con eisangelia o graphe, e l’eventuale condanna sarebbe stata a morte.

Dove giudicavano gli Efeti?, in Symposion 1999. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Pazo de Mariñán, La Coruña, 6.-9. September 1999), hrsg. Gerhard Thür, Francisco Javier Fernández Nieto, Köln-Weimar-Wien, Böhlau, 2003, pp. 21 (145-165) [ISBN 3-412-19202-3]

by Lorenzo Gagliardi

È opinione comune, si direbbe tralatizia, che, almeno in età classica, ad Atene gli efeti si riunissero per giudicare... more È opinione comune, si direbbe tralatizia, che, almeno in età classica, ad Atene gli efeti si riunissero per giudicare in tre dei cinque tribunali competenti a decidere le cause di omicidio: Palladio, Delfinio, Freatto. Nonostante alcuni pareri contrari, è quasi certo che essi non si riunissero anche nel Pritaneo, in quanto Aristotele nell’Athenaion Politeia afferma chiaramente che qui emanavano i loro verdetti il basileus e i quattro phylobasileis, senza menzionare gli efeti. È inoltre ben noto, sulla base di un passo di Plutarco, anzi è ora indiscusso, che essi non si adunassero nell’Areopago, ove si riunivano, a vita, gli ex-arconti. L’esegesi delle fonti, che è stata svolta nell’articolo, ha portato a rigettare l’opinione dominante e a concludere che gli efeti ateniesi siano stati sempre e soltanto i giudici presso il Palladio. Si è pertanto negata l’affidabilità di tutte quelle fonti che parrebbero attestare la presenza degli efeti nel Delfinio, nel Freatto (e nel Pritaneo).

Rezension zu D. Piovan: Memoria e oblio della guerra civile. Strategie giudiziarie e racconto del passato in Lisia, Pisa 2011 (Studi e testi di storia antica 19).

by Thomas Blank

BMCRev 2012.01.37

Linguistica e retorica della tragedia greca

by Luigi Battezzato

Linguistica e retorica della tragedia greca, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Roma 2008.

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