Ductus and color
The right way to compose a suitable speech
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9309926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucia Calboli Montefusco (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 113-131 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetorica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-8584 • E-ISSN: 1533-8541 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rh.2003.21.2.113 |
| OpenAlex | W4324006004, W2120120812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 4 |
In Latin rhetorical contexts, color was a well known metaphor, used to refer either to the orator's stylistic choices or to the general complexion of the whole speech (Cic. De orat. 3.96) or the specific characteristics of each of the three styles (Cic. De orat. 3.199) or even of each part of the speech (Quint. 12.10.71). In the second case, by contrast, color had the peculiar meaning of a possible point of view in the discussion of the case, as appears from its usage in Seneca's Controversiae. The term ductus was less well known. We meet it for the first time in the handbook of Consultus Fortunatianus (1.6-8, pp. 71ff. Calb. Mont.) and then again in the book on rhetoric in the encyclopaedia of Martianus Capella (470-72, pp. 165.3ff. Willis). Ductus referred to the speaker's intention of being open or not in pleading the entire case. Considering the section on ductus in the Five Books on Rhetoric written by George of Trebizond, this article corroborates the parallels between the theory of ductus as treated by Fortunatianus and Martianus Capella, the figuratae controversiae of Quintilian (9.2.65-69), and the σχηματισμ να of Greek authors
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The political impact of Cicero's speeches
Cicero during the Enlightenment
Cicero and the intellectual milieu of the late Republic
Cicero in late antiquity
Writer and addressee in Cicero's letters
Cicero's poetry
Cicero and Roman identity
The law in Cicero's writings
Cicero's rhetorical theory
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Cicero's style
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Tully's boat
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Bibliographie
Sulle orme di Seneca il Vecchio
Zu den Begriffen divisio und color bei Seneca Maior
The Cambridge Companion to Cicero
Rhetoric and Humanism in Quattrocento Venice
Pseudo-Quintilian's Major Declamations 18 and 19
Greek “Figured Speech” on Imperial Rome
| Citations per year | 1.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |