Inventing the Latin Rhetorical Handbook: Rhetorica ad Herennium 4.1–10

• Published in: TAPA (Society for Classical Studies) Vol. 153; no. 1; pp. 117 - 148
• Main Author: Van Den Berg, Christopher S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Handbooks; Public speaking; Rhetoric; Traditions

This essay examines Rhetorica ad Herennium 4.1–10, arguing that it is part of a programmatic textual performance. The author likens his crafting of rhetorical examples to a kind of visual display for the reader. He also explores the tension between the orator's rival imperatives to perform for...