| Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric Contributor(s): Kennedy, George Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 158983061X ISBN-13: 9781589830615 Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2003 Annotation: Several of these works have never before been translated into English and are made accessible to the general reader for the first time. George A. Kennedy, one of the world's leading scholars of ancient rhetoric, provides an English translation of four Greek treatises written during the time of the Roman empire but studied throughout the Roman and Byzantine periods--works attributed to Theon, Hermogenes, Aphthonius, and Nicolaus. Also included are translations of the fragments of Sopatros' treatise as well as John of Sardis' commentary on these exercises. The progymnasmata were fundamental to the teaching of prose composition and elementary rhetoric in European schools from the Hellenistic period to early modern times. The habits of thinking and writing learned in schools molded not only the secular literature of the Greeks and Romans, but also the writings of the early Christians through the patristic period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting |
| Dewey: 808.048 |
| LCCN: 2002155099 |
| Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman World |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.98" W x 9.06" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For students of classical, medieval, and early modern literature and of the history of education, Kennedy (classics emeritus, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) presents and comments on four Greek treatises for teaching prose composition and elementary rhetoric. They were written during the time of the Roman Empire and studied throughout the Byzanti |