Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 257C-279C. ‘Syrianus’: Introduction to Hermogenes on Styles

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Halftitle page
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Title page
Copyright page
Acknowledgements
Contents
Hermias On Plato Phaedrus 257C–279C
Conventions – Hermias
Abbreviations – Hermias
Introduction
	1. Hermias’ uneven commentary
	2. The unity of the dialogue: Hermias on the transition at 257C
	3. The allegorising of Plato’s myths: listening to the cicadas
	4. Intertextuality: Phaedrus and Gorgias on rhetoric
	5. Deus ex machina: Hermias on the success of the true rhetoric
	6. Writing and piety
	Notes
Departures from Lucarini and Moreschini’s Text
Hermias On Plato Phaedrus 257C–279C Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English–Greek Glossary
Greek–English Index
Subject Index
‘Syrianus’ Introduction to Hermogenes On Styles
Conventions – ‘Syrianus’
Abbreviations – ‘Syrianus’
Introduction
	1. The Preface to Hermogenes’ On Types of Style (Peri Ideôn) attributed to Syrianus
	2. The context for the Preface: Hermogenes and rhetorical theory in late antiquity
	3. Philosophers and rhetorical theory
	4. Conclusion
	5. The translation
	Notes
‘Syrianus’1 On Hermogenes’ On Types [of Discourse]2 Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English–Greek Glossary
Greek–English Index
Subject Index