Invention And Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus (Writings from the Greco-Roman World No. 15)

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by  The Greek text, edited by Hugo Rabe, with introductions, English translations, and notes by George A. Kennedy

Invention and Method
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Invention and Method
Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus
The Greek Text, Edited by Hugo Rabe,
Translated with Introductions and Notes
by
George A. Kennedy
Society of Biblical Literature
Atlanta
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Hermogenes, 2nd cent.
[Selections. English & Greek. 2005]
Invention andmethod inGreek rhetorical theory : two rhetorical treatises
from the Hermogenic corpus / the Greek text, edited by Hugo Rabe, with
introductions, English translations, and notes by George A. Kennedy.
p. cm. — (Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 15)
Contains the Greek texts and English translations of two treatises, On in-
vention, and On the method of forcefulness, once attributed to Hermogenes
of Tarsus, but now believed to be by unknown authors.
The Greek texts are from Hermogenes, edited by Hugo Rabe, published
in 1913 by B.G. Teubneri.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58983-121-6 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-58983-121-7 (alk. paper)
1. Hermogenes, 2nd cent. — Translations into English. 2. Rhetoric—
Early works to 1800. I. Kennedy, George Alexander, 1928– II. Rabe, Hugo.
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Table of Contents
Index of Short Titles Used in the Notes ix
Note on the Greek Text xii
On Invention: Introduction xiii
On Invention: Text and Translation 3
Book 1: Prooemia 3
1. On Prooemia from Hypolepsis (Suppositions) 5
2. On Prooemia fromHypodiaeresis (Subordination) 17
3. On Prooemia from Periousia (Superfluity) 21
4. On Prooemia from Kairos (Occasion) 23
5. OnAll Prooemia, andOfHowMany Parts They
Are Composed 25
Book 2: Diegesis (Narration or Statement of Facts) 31
1. On Katastasis or Diegesis 35
2. On Emigrations and Invention in Declamation
about Them 35
3. On Proposals about Laws 39
4. On War and Peace 43
5. On Impiety or Homicide 47
6. On Wrongs to the State 49
7. On Diegesis 51
Book 3: Kataskeu (Confirmation or Proof) 61
1. Prooemion 63
2. On Prokataskeu 63
4. On Headings 73
6. On Enstasis and Antiparastasis 79
3. On Biaion 83
5. On Epikheiremes 85
7. On Ergasia of Epikheiremes 99
8. On Enthymeme 101
9. <On the Epenthymeme> 103
10. On Ap’ Ark s Akhri Telous 107
11. <On What Is Called a Plaston
(Fictive) Epikheireme> 115
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12. <On Lysis of From-Beginning-to-End
in a Pragmatic Question> 119
13. On the Arrangement of Epikheiremes 121
14. On Definition 123
15. On Diaskeu 127
Book 4 137
[Features of Prose Style]
1. On Figures of Speech 139
2. On Antitheton 141
3. On Period 147
4. On Pneuma 155
5. On Tasis 169
6. On Dilemmaton 169
7. On Parekhesis 173
8. On Kyklos 173
9. On Epiphonema 175
10. On Trope 179
11. On Solemn Language 181
12. On Kakozelon 183
[Declamation Problems]
13. On Figured Problems 187
14. On Comparative Problems 197
On Method of Forceful Speaking: Text and Translation 201
Introduction 201
1. (On Different Possible Meanings of a Word) 205
2. On All (Unfamiliar) Diction 205
3. On Mistakes in Word Usage 207
4. When To Use the Same and When To Use
Varied Words 207
5. On Abundance 211
6. <On Remedying Presumptuous and
Rash Thoughts> 213
7. On Paraleipsis and Aposiopesis 213
8. On Circumlocution 215
9. On Epanalepsis 219
10. On the Figure of Interrogation 221
11. On Asyndeton 223
12. On Preliminary Headings and Recapitulation 225
13. On Equal Figures 225
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14. On Hyperbaton 227
15. On Antitheton 231
16. On Parison and How It Occurs 231
17. On Pretence (of Extemporaneity) 233
18. On Amplification: When Can It Be
Opportunely Used in Trials? 235
19. On a Patent Lie: When Ought One to Use It? 237
20. On Oath: What Is Not Sworn and What
Is Sworn 237
21. On Advocates: To Whom Should They
Be Given? 239
22. On Successfully Accomplishing Opposites by
Saying Opposites 239
23. On Forestalling the Claims of the Opposition 241
24. On Escaping Notice While Repeating
What You or Others Have Said 243
25. On Praising Oneself without Offense 245
26. On Tricks Devised by Demosthenes
in the Lawcourts 247
27. On Second Speeches: Why a Case Is Divided
and How This Is Done 249
28. On Narration 251
29. On Commonplace Thoughts: How We Shall
Make Them Our Own When Speaking 251
30. On Use of Verses in Prose 253
31. On Powerful Emotions among the Hearers 255
32. On Admitted Wrongdoing 257
33. On Speaking in Tragic Style 257
34. On Speaking in Comic Style 259
35. On Amphiboly 261
36. On Elaboration of Public Speaking, Dialogue,
Comedy, Tragedy, and Socratic Symposia 263
37. On Negation 265
Glossary and Index of Technical Terms 269
Index of Short Titles
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