The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore

The Roman World of Cicero\'s De Oratore (2004)\r......Page 1
ISBN: 0199263159......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
--> Contents......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
Retrospect: Cicero’s Perspective in Defeat......Page 12
The Frustration of Cicero’s Policy and his Decision to Turn to Writing......Page 20
Cicero’s own Critical Judgements of De Oratore......Page 26
Proem, Preface, and Outline......Page 29
2 - The Public Careers of L. Licinius Crassus and M. Antonius......Page 37
3 - Constructing the Dialogue: The Challenge of Plato......Page 60
4 - The Future Orator: Talent, Training, and the Choice of Model......Page 89
5 - The Orator and the Law......Page 113
Civil Procedure and the Beginning of Jurisprudence......Page 119
The Hazards and Complexities of Civil Litigation......Page 125
The Iudicia Publica and the Quaestiones Perpetuae......Page 132
6 - Oratory and Literature: The Spoken and the Written Word......Page 142
The Use of Poetry in Rhetorical Teaching......Page 149
Antonius’ Conception of the Orator’s Generic Range......Page 157
The Uses of Poetry and History: Self-Celebration and Self-Defence......Page 163
7 - Rediscovering Aristotelian Invention......Page 172
The Rhetoric......Page 175
From the Rhetoric to De Oratore......Page 179
Disposing of Dispositio......Page 188
Marshalling One’s Arguments: The Three Genera......Page 192
8 - Wit and Humour as the Orator’s Combat Weapons......Page 197
9 - Political Persuasion: Senate and Contio......Page 220
Cicero’s De Provinciis Consularibus: A Tour de Force and a Volte-Face......Page 225
Facing the People......Page 230
Thanking the People......Page 238
Violence Displaces Eloquence:Silet Lingua Inter Arma......Page 242
10 - Style and Substance: Cicero’s Rethinking of Elocutio......Page 248
The First Challenge to the Greek Philosophical Adversaries of Rhetoric......Page 258
The Aesthetics of Style and the Ideals of Theophrastus......Page 264
The Second Challenge to the Greek Philosophical Tradition......Page 268
11 - Res Pervolgatae: Words and their Manipulation in Standard Rhetorical Theory......Page 278
12 - Into Action: The Orator as Public Figure......Page 298
Into the Forum: The Orator’s Debut......Page 309
13 - Epilogue: The Statesman and the State in De Oratore and After......Page 316
De Oratore and De Re Publica: Idealizing the Leadership of the Orator-Statesman......Page 322
A Retrospect on De Oratore and its Generation: Tacitus’ Dialogus......Page 330
Other Texts of Roman Rhetoric and Oratory......Page 340
Selected Secondary Bibliography......Page 341
Index I - Authors, Works, and Passages Cited......Page 350
Index II - Persons......Page 356
Index III - Legal, Political, and Rhetorical Terms......Page 361