Invention and Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus

This volume contains the Greek text, textual apparatus, and first published English translation of two treatises on rhetoric, with introductory material and notes. Once attributed to Hermogenes of Tarsus, these treatises are now believed to be by unknown authors writing in the second or third century C.E. or later. The first treatise, entitled On Invention, is a handbook for students providing formulas to aid them in the composition of declamations on assigned themes. The second treatise, On the Method of Forcefulness, discusses prose style with special attention to figures of speech. Extensive notes interpret the often-difficult content and relate it to other writing on rhetoric. The Greek text is that of Hugo Rabe (1913).

Author: Hermogenes
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 10/12/2005
Pages: 292
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9781589831216
ISBN10: 1589831217
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric

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