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Menander Rhetor. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica
Late Greek handbooks prescribing how to compose speeches for weddings, funerals, and civic occasions.
The Edition
- Original language
- Greek
- Translated by
- William H. Race
Publication
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Series volume
- 539
- Date published
- 2019-06-10
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 480 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9780674997226
Reference
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- PREFACE
- MENANDER RHETOR
- INTRODUCTION
- TREATISE I
- 1.1 [INTRODUCTION]
- 1.2 HYMNS TO GODS
- 1.3 CLETIC HYMNS
- 1.4 SENDOFF HYMNS
- 1.5 PHILOSOPHICAL HYMNS
- 1.6 MYTHICAL HYMNS
- 1.7 GENEALOGICAL HYMNS
- 1.8 FICTIVE HYMNS
- 1.9 DEPRECATORY AND PRECATORY HYMNS
- 1.10 HOW TO PRAISE A COUNTRY
- 1.11 HOW TO PRAISE CITIES
- [1.12 HOW TO PRAISE HARBORS]
- [1.13 HOW TO PRAISE GULFS]
- [1.14 HOW TO PRAISE AN ACROPOLIS]
- 1.15 HOW TO PRAISE A CITY FOR ITS ORIGIN
- 1.16 HOW TO PRAISE CITIES FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES
- TREATISE II
- 2.1 THE ROYAL ORATION
- 2.2 THE ARRIVAL SPEECH
- 2.3 THE TALK
- 2.4 THE SENDOFF TALK
- 2.5 THE EPITHALAMIUM
- 2.6 THE BEDTIME SPEECH
- 2.7 THE BIRTHDAY SPEECH
- 2.8 THE CONSOLATION SPEECH
- 2.9 THE ADDRESS
- 2.10 THE FUNERAL SPEECH
- 2.11 THE CROWN SPEECH
- 2.12 THE AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH
- 2.13 THE INVITATION SPEECH
- 2.14 THE LEAVE-TAKING SPEECH
- 2.15 THE MONODY
- 2.16 THE SMINTHIAN ORATION
- [DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS]
- INTRODUCTION
- ARS RHETORICA
- 1. PANEGYRICS
- 2. MARRIAGE SPEECHES
- 3. BIRTHDAY SPEECHES
- 4. EPITHALAMIUM
- 5. ADDRESSES
- 6. FUNERAL SPEECHES
- 7. EXHORTATION TO ATHLETES
- APPENDIX I: CITATIONS IN MENANDER RHETOR
- APPENDIX II: CITATIONS IN [DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS]
- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES IN MENANDER RHETOR
- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES IN [DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS]
- MAPS