Loci as Subject of Derision: Between Cicero’s Rhetorical Theory and Practice

• Published in: Literatūra Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 54 - 65
• Main Author: Kučinskienė, Audronė
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 30.12.2022; Vilnius University Press; Vilniaus universiteto leidykla / Vilnius University Press
• Subjects: Ancient Philosphy; Cicero; loci; Orator; Philosophy of Language; Rhetoric; rhetorical theory; topoi; Verrine speeches; Verrine speeches; topoi; Orator; loci; irony; rhetorical theory; Cicero; Ciceronas; Oratorius; retorikos teorija; Verinės; ironija

There is no doubt that commonplaces, so called topoi, or loci, played a very important role both in the ancient rhetorical theory and in practice. They conform to the main part of invention in the rhetorical treatises, such as Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero’s De Inventione, Topica etc., and they ena...