Rhetorical Education from Greece to Rome: the Case of Cicero's "De inventione"

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  • Amedeo Raschieri Milan University

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https://doi.org/10.13135/2532-5353/10279

Abstract

The case of Cicero’s De inventione is interesting for many reasons. First, the work is an early example of the construction of cultural memory in the field of Roman rhetoric. Second, this work shows a strong connection between rhetorical theory, the Ciceronian interest in other disciplines (especially philosophy) and the oratorical formation of a young Roman in the person of its author. Third, in the De inventione , through the organisation of rhetoric, Cicero collects a significant amount of information about history, literature and law, and, in this way, he preserves these notions for the following decades. Finally, although Cicero rejected the work later in his life, the De inventione was an important moment for the dissemination of  rhetoric in Rome and has been remembered as a fundamental work for the study of this discipline in Latin. In order to develop these topics, the paper intends to investigate how Cicero uses the examples derived from myth, history and legal practice, and how philosophy fits for his explanation of rhetoric.

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Author Biography

Amedeo Raschieri, Milan University

Amedeo A. Raschieri, formatosi in filologia classica e letteratura latina a Torino, è assegnista di ricerca presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano

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Published

2017-05-18

How to Cite

Raschieri, A. (2017). Rhetorical Education from Greece to Rome: the Case of Cicero’s "De inventione". Ciceroniana On Line, 1(1), 129–145. https://doi.org/10.13135/2532-5353/10279