De Veterum Scriptorum Graecorum Ratione Auctores Laudandi (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition) - Hardcover

Rudolf Seippel

9780483565777: De Veterum Scriptorum Graecorum Ratione Auctores Laudandi (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0483565776 ISBN 13: 9780483565777

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Exploring how ancient Greek authors praised other writers and shaped a rhythmic, quotable style.

This scholarly work examines how late Greek authors credited their predecessors, and how rhetoric and quotation shaped the tradition of praise in classical texts.

Two concise sections frame the topic: it traces the practice of laudatio across Homer, Hesiod, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, and Demosthenes, and shows how later writers selected and framed verses to fit spoken style. The discussion highlights the methods, limits, and subtle craft behind citing authors to illuminate ideas, teach rhetoric, or justify arguments.

Discover how ancient writers used quotations and attributions to frame arguments.
See examples from Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, and Antisthenes that reveal different goals in praising or critiquing sources.
Learn about the techniques scholars use to interpret how verses are woven into prose and dialogue.
Understand why some authors are named directly while others are implied through style or structure.

Ideal for readers who want a clear, methodical look at how classical authors discuss and present other authors within their works. This edition helps readers of classical rhetoric and philosophy understand the interplay between quoting, praising, and arguing.

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