Exempla externa" in Cicero's Orations: A Rhetorical Approach
Historical exempla were an important part of the Roman political discourse. They could serve as a moral guide to conduct, but also lend credibility to an orator’s argument. In his extant orations, Cicero often draws parallels between his contemporaries and the old Romans or, less frequently, he compares the Romans of the present day with non-Roman individuals. Cicero himself calls such foreign examples ‘exempla externa.’ Using a theoretical framework that combines the precepts of ancient rhetorical theory and modern terminology, this book explores the ways in which Cicero employed exempla externa in oratorical practice. It argues that there were many different categories of exemplum for Cicero to choose and that exempla externa were not necessarily suitable for negative lessons.

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Exempla externa" in Cicero's Orations: A Rhetorical Approach
Historical exempla were an important part of the Roman political discourse. They could serve as a moral guide to conduct, but also lend credibility to an orator’s argument. In his extant orations, Cicero often draws parallels between his contemporaries and the old Romans or, less frequently, he compares the Romans of the present day with non-Roman individuals. Cicero himself calls such foreign examples ‘exempla externa.’ Using a theoretical framework that combines the precepts of ancient rhetorical theory and modern terminology, this book explores the ways in which Cicero employed exempla externa in oratorical practice. It argues that there were many different categories of exemplum for Cicero to choose and that exempla externa were not necessarily suitable for negative lessons.

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Exempla externa" in Cicero's Orations: A Rhetorical Approach

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Exempla externa" in Cicero's Orations: A Rhetorical Approach

Overview

Historical exempla were an important part of the Roman political discourse. They could serve as a moral guide to conduct, but also lend credibility to an orator’s argument. In his extant orations, Cicero often draws parallels between his contemporaries and the old Romans or, less frequently, he compares the Romans of the present day with non-Roman individuals. Cicero himself calls such foreign examples ‘exempla externa.’ Using a theoretical framework that combines the precepts of ancient rhetorical theory and modern terminology, this book explores the ways in which Cicero employed exempla externa in oratorical practice. It argues that there were many different categories of exemplum for Cicero to choose and that exempla externa were not necessarily suitable for negative lessons.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783631850138
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 11/18/2021
Series: Studies in Classical Literature and Culture , #13
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Damian Pierzak is former Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His main research interests are Roman oratory and Latin literature of the republican period.

Table of Contents

Aristotle’s views on exemplum – degrees of similarity between the ‘illustrans’ and ‘illustrandum’ – the reversed antonomasia – rhetorical theory and Cicero’s oratorical practice – the choice and meaning of foreign examples (exempla externa) in Cicero’s orations.

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