Hermogenes' on types of style / translated by Cecil W. Wooten.

Author
Hermogenes, active 2nd century [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 159 pages) : illustrations

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Summary note
Cecil Wooten has produced the first translation into any modern language of a key treatise of the ancient world. He provides a faithful English translation of Hermogenes' analysis based on a reliable Greek text established by Rabe at the beginning of this century and includes a substantial scholarly introduction and notes that will help the reader better understand Hermogenes, his exposition, and the historical and cultural context in which it was produced.
Notes
Translation of: Peri ideōn.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-152) and indexes.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; On Types of Style; BOOK I; 1. Introduction; 2. Clarity (Sapheēneia); 3. Purity (Katharoteēs); 4. Distinctness (Eukrineia); 5. Dignity (Axi D; ma) and Grandeur (Megethos); 6. Solemnity (Semnoteēs); 7. Asperity (Trachyteēs); 8. Vehemence (Sphodroteēs); 9. Brilliance (Lamproteēs); 10. Florescence (Akmeē); 11. Abundance (Periboleē) and Fullness (Mestoteēs); 12. Carefully Wrought Style (Epimeleia) and Beauty (Kallos); BOOK 2; 1. Rapidity (Gorgotēs); 2. Character (EĒthos); 3. Simplicity (Apheleia); 4. Sweetness (Glykyteēs)
  • 5. Subtlety (Drimyteēs) and Speaking Pointedly (Oxeōs Legeiri) and a Speech That Is Graceful (Hōraios) and Pretty (Habros) and Pleasurable (Hēdonēn Exontos); 6. Modesty (Epieikeia); 7. Sincere Style (Alēthinos Logos); 8. Indignation (Barytēs); 9. Force (Deinotēs); 10. Practical Oratory (Logos Politikos); 11. Pure Practical Oratory (Haplōs Politikos); 12. Pure Panegyric (Haplōs Panēgyrikos); Appendix 1. Hermogenes and Ancient Critical Theories on Oratory; Appendix 2. Hermogenes on Panegyric; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Index of Topics and Names; Index of Technical Terms
  • Index of Technical Terms
Other title(s)
  • On types of style
  • On types of style.
ISBN
  • 979-88-908768-9-8
  • 1-4696-1030-2
OCLC
827209073
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