The Orator In Action And Theory In Greece And Rome

THE ORATOR IN ACTION AND THEORY IN GREECE AND ROME MNEMOSYNE BIBLIOTHECA CIAS SICA BATAVA COLLEGERUNT H. PINKSTER • H. S. VERSNEL D.M. SCHENKEVELD • P.H. SCHR IJVERS S.R. SLINGS BIBLIOTHECAE FASCICULOS EDENDOS CURAVIT H. PINKSTER, KLASSIEK SEMINARIUM, OUDE TURFMARKT 129, AMSTEROAJ\1 SUPPLEMENTUM DUCENTESIMUM VICESIMUM QUINTUM CECIL W. WOOTEN (ED.) THE ORAT OR IN ACTION AND THEORY IN GREECE AND ROME THE ORATOR IN ACTION AND THEORY IN GREECE AND ROME EDITED BY CECIL W. WOOTEN B RILL LEIDEN BOSTON KOLN · · 2001 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The orator in action and theory in Greece and Rome I edited by Cecil W. Wooten. p. cm. - (Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, ; 225) Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Oct. 1998, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in honor of George Kennedy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: How good should an orator be? I 0ivind Anderson-What the laws have prejudged : [Paragrafe) and early issue theory I Edwin Carwan� �The superfluous bag : rhetoric and display in the Histories of Herodotus I Sheile Murnaghan-Rhetoric, art, and myth : Isocrates and Busiris I Terry L. Papillon-Julius Caesar, the orator of paradox I A.D. Leeman� �Shifting charge and shifty argument in Cicero's Speech for Sestius I Christopher Craig-Cicero's Pro Milone I James M. May-Returning to Tacitus' Diaslogus I Michael Winterbottom-Firgured speeches : "Diony­ sius," Art of rhetoric, VIII-IX I D.A. Russel. ISBN 9004122133 I. Oratory, Ancient. 2. Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek-History and cri­ ticism. 3. Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin-History and criticism. I. Wooten, Cecil W., 1945- 11. Kennedy, George Alexander, 1928III . Series. PA3038 .073 2001 808'.5'1'0938-dc21 2001043199 Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufualune The orator in action and theory in Greece and Rome : essays in honor of George A. Kennedy I Cecil W. Wooten (ed.). � Leiden ; Boston ; Koln : Brill, 2001 (Mnemosync : Supplemcntum ; Vol. 225) ISBN 90·-04--12213-3 ISSN 0169-8958 ISBN 90 04 12213 3 © Copyright 200 I by Koninklijke Brill.Nv, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication mtry be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in arryform or by arry means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permissionfrom the publisher. Authorization to photocopy itemsfor internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriatefees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 91 0 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bibliography of George Kennedy vu IX I. THE ORATOR IN THEORY I. 2. How Good Should an Orator Be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0ivind Andersen University of Oslo What the Laws Have Prejudged : Ilapaypa4>� and Earl y Issue Theor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwin Carawan Southwest Missouri State University 3 I7 II. THE ORATOR IN ACTION: GREECE 3 · The Superfluous Bag : Rhetoric and Displa y in the Histories of Herodotus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .