Rhetorik des Hellenismus
Von Theophrast bis Philodem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20055786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beate Beer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 361-382 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Handbuch Antike Rhetorik (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9783110318234-014 |
| OpenAlex | W4254763978 |
| ISBN | 9783110318234 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
A vital debate about the scientific status of rhetoric arose out of the competition between philosophy and rhetoric as educational subjects.This debate later on caused conflicts between philosophical schools and their different rhetorical doctrines.It stimulated rhetorical theorization in Hellenistic times.Our knowledge though is founded mostly on interpretive testimonies rather than on direct transmission.Theophrastus and Hermagoras were preeminent in the reception of their rhetorical theories.Both can be considered as arguing in favor of the scientific status of rhetoric.Theophrastus seems to have focused on style and to have formulated his rhetoric by developing Aristotle's differentiation of three kinds of speech, correlating them to three kinds of style.Hermagoras sought to define rhetoric through its content and focused on the forensic kind of speech.He was honoured with the title of the 'inventor of rhetoric'.But it is Theophrastus who seems to have hit the zeitgeist by theorizing on styles of literary prose.In fact, our two main direct sources, the anonymous treatise De elocutione and the fragments of Philodemus' Rhetorics, both within their pro-rhetorical position concentrate on questions about style by fusing poetical and rhetorical considerations.Furthermore, Philodemus in his poetics refers to ideas and terminology on style that correspond closely to those in De elocutione
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |