Jakob Wisse
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jakob Wisse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jakob |
| FAMILY NAME | Wisse |
| SIGNATURE | WISSE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | 11012 GC AMSTERDAM, Klassiek Seminarium Oude Turfmarkt 129 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Bad Orator
Our understanding of the role that oratory played in Roman society and politics and the criteria applied to measure an orator’s performance and career, is partly based on ‘positive’ material: contemporary opinions on good oratory, positive instructions in the rhetorical handbooks, portrayals of the ideal orator. This chapter demonstrates what a systematic examination of such negative views reveals about Roman oratorical practice and attitudes to …
Remembering Cremutius Cordus
Tacitus’ account of the treason trial of the historian Cremutius Cordus under Tiberius has long been recognized as a statement about the freedom of speech of a historian under a repressive regime. This paper offers a full interpretation of the passage, Annals 4.34–5, seen as part of the tightly woven texture of the beginning of the work. Its main problem is the perceived implausibility of Cremutius’ claim that his praise of Brutus and Cassius oug…
Cicero’s Speeches. The Critic in Action
The Riddle of the Pro Milone
Journal Article 3. THE RIDDLE OF THE PRO MILONE: THE RHETORIC OF RATIONAL ARGUMENT Get access JAKOB WISSE JAKOB WISSE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_96, August 2007, Pages 35–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02482.x Published: 20 January 2014
De Oratore
When Cicero finished De oratore near the end of 55 B.C., he had already been Rome's leading orator for about fifteen years. Aided by hindsight, it is only natural that he would write the ambitious work that we know De oratore to be. Cicero clearly anticipated that some readers would make this comparison and indeed expect De oratore to offer something like the standard rules, and he was keen to correct them. For very soon after the beginning of th…
The Intellectual Background of Cicero's Rhetorical Works
Intellectual activities are of course often frowned upon by people who regard themselves as 'practical', and this was also true in Greece and Rome. In Rome, however, this sentiment usually took a specific form: intellectual activities were 'Greek' and therefore not properly Roman. This chapter illustrates the complexities of Roman intellectual life in Cicero's time, a point emphasized throughout this chapter, perhaps too much so in the eyes of so…
Cicero
On the ideal orator, (De oratore)
INTRODUCTION 1. The Roman background: politics and culture 1.1 Orators in politics 1.2 Greeks and Romans 2. De oratore in Cicero's life 3. The subject: the ideal orator 4. Form I: Dialogue technique 5. Form II: Rhetorical techniques and the way to read De oratore 6. Background I: The quarrel between rhetoricians and philosophers, and Cicero's position in it 6.1 Brief history of the quarrel 6.2 The issues in the quarrel: Cicero's position 7. Backg…
Reply To Professor Vickers
The Riddle of the Pro Milone
Journal Article 3. THE RIDDLE OF THE PRO MILONE: THE RHETORIC OF RATIONAL ARGUMENT Get access JAKOB WISSE JAKOB WISSE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_96, August 2007, Pages 35–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02482.x Published: 20 January 2014
Remembering Cremutius Cordus
Tacitus’ account of the treason trial of the historian Cremutius Cordus under Tiberius has long been recognized as a statement about the freedom of speech of a historian under a repressive regime. This paper offers a full interpretation of the passage, Annals 4.34–5, seen as part of the tightly woven texture of the beginning of the work. Its main problem is the perceived implausibility of Cremutius’ claim that his praise of Brutus and Cassius oug…
Reply To Professor Vickers
Cicero
On the ideal orator, (De oratore)
INTRODUCTION 1. The Roman background: politics and culture 1.1 Orators in politics 1.2 Greeks and Romans 2. De oratore in Cicero's life 3. The subject: the ideal orator 4. Form I: Dialogue technique 5. Form II: Rhetorical techniques and the way to read De oratore 6. Background I: The quarrel between rhetoricians and philosophers, and Cicero's position in it 6.1 Brief history of the quarrel 6.2 The issues in the quarrel: Cicero's position 7. Backg…
De Oratore
When Cicero finished De oratore near the end of 55 B.C., he had already been Rome's leading orator for about fifteen years. Aided by hindsight, it is only natural that he would write the ambitious work that we know De oratore to be. Cicero clearly anticipated that some readers would make this comparison and indeed expect De oratore to offer something like the standard rules, and he was keen to correct them. For very soon after the beginning of th…
The Intellectual Background of Cicero's Rhetorical Works
Intellectual activities are of course often frowned upon by people who regard themselves as 'practical', and this was also true in Greece and Rome. In Rome, however, this sentiment usually took a specific form: intellectual activities were 'Greek' and therefore not properly Roman. This chapter illustrates the complexities of Roman intellectual life in Cicero's time, a point emphasized throughout this chapter, perhaps too much so in the eyes of so…
The Riddle of the Pro Milone
Journal Article 3. THE RIDDLE OF THE PRO MILONE: THE RHETORIC OF RATIONAL ARGUMENT Get access JAKOB WISSE JAKOB WISSE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_96, August 2007, Pages 35–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02482.x Published: 20 January 2014
Cicero’s Speeches. The Critic in Action
The Bad Orator
Our understanding of the role that oratory played in Roman society and politics and the criteria applied to measure an orator’s performance and career, is partly based on ‘positive’ material: contemporary opinions on good oratory, positive instructions in the rhetorical handbooks, portrayals of the ideal orator. This chapter demonstrates what a systematic examination of such negative views reveals about Roman oratorical practice and attitudes to …
Remembering Cremutius Cordus
Tacitus’ account of the treason trial of the historian Cremutius Cordus under Tiberius has long been recognized as a statement about the freedom of speech of a historian under a repressive regime. This paper offers a full interpretation of the passage, Annals 4.34–5, seen as part of the tightly woven texture of the beginning of the work. Its main problem is the perceived implausibility of Cremutius’ claim that his praise of Brutus and Cassius oug…
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