Although Quintilian overpraises Menander (Inst. or. X, 1, 69-72 passim), his critiques of the authors of comoediae palliatae, Plautus, Caecilius and Terence, are remarkably severe (X, 1, 99-100): according to Quintilian, Roman comic production would not be more than a faint shadow ("leuem umbram") of Greek comedy. This paper has two main objectives: (1) to gather evidence to ground Quintilian's rejection of comedies written in Latin and, specifically, his rejection of the work of Plautus in the context of oratorical education; (2) to indicate the extent to which the speaker idealized by the rhetorician could (or should) use theatrical techniques in public speeches. In other words: where is the boundary of comedic humor in the Roman Forum dr...
Abstract This study examines ancient Roman ideas about humor’s boundaries in public culture. In part...
This paper aims to present a translation of the Proem to the sixth book of Institutio Oratoria by Qu...
Ph.D.The thesis places Quintilian's pedagogical theories as detailed in his twelve books of "The Ins...
The article analyses and compares different passages of Cicero’s dialogue De oratore and Quintilian’...
This dissertation examines Roman comedy (comoedia palliata) and its influence from the stage onto th...
This paper seeks to shed light on Quintilian’s conception of the orator who combines moral integrity...
Orientador: Marcos Aurélio PereiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de...
ENGLISHAs the only surviving representative of New Comedy, Menander offers an interesting case-study...
This volume is an edition, with a new Latin text and full commentary, of Book 2 of Quintilian's Educ...
This paper studies the significance of humour in Roman oratory, a theme dear to Cicero, who claimed ...
The rhetorical art is the skill of speaking well, it is useful, it is an art, and it has virtus. The...
Quintilian begins the 11th Book with a remark that the orator’s task is to speak choosing the words...
Quintilian begins the 30th chapter of the 11th Book claiming the rules of oratory declamation are id...
In the Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian we find a presentation of a theory of the virtues of eloque...
This study examines Quintilian’s portrayal of the ideal orator in his Institutio Oratoria— “a good m...
Abstract This study examines ancient Roman ideas about humor’s boundaries in public culture. In part...
This paper aims to present a translation of the Proem to the sixth book of Institutio Oratoria by Qu...
Ph.D.The thesis places Quintilian's pedagogical theories as detailed in his twelve books of "The Ins...
The article analyses and compares different passages of Cicero’s dialogue De oratore and Quintilian’...
This dissertation examines Roman comedy (comoedia palliata) and its influence from the stage onto th...
This paper seeks to shed light on Quintilian’s conception of the orator who combines moral integrity...
Orientador: Marcos Aurélio PereiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de...
ENGLISHAs the only surviving representative of New Comedy, Menander offers an interesting case-study...
This volume is an edition, with a new Latin text and full commentary, of Book 2 of Quintilian's Educ...
This paper studies the significance of humour in Roman oratory, a theme dear to Cicero, who claimed ...
The rhetorical art is the skill of speaking well, it is useful, it is an art, and it has virtus. The...
Quintilian begins the 11th Book with a remark that the orator’s task is to speak choosing the words...
Quintilian begins the 30th chapter of the 11th Book claiming the rules of oratory declamation are id...
In the Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian we find a presentation of a theory of the virtues of eloque...
This study examines Quintilian’s portrayal of the ideal orator in his Institutio Oratoria— “a good m...
Abstract This study examines ancient Roman ideas about humor’s boundaries in public culture. In part...
This paper aims to present a translation of the Proem to the sixth book of Institutio Oratoria by Qu...
Ph.D.The thesis places Quintilian's pedagogical theories as detailed in his twelve books of "The Ins...