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Invention and method: two rhetorical treatises from the Hermogenic corpus
George Alexander Kennedy and Hugo Rabe-
Frontmatter
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Index of Short Titles Used in the Notes (page ix)
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Note on the Greek Text (page xii)
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On Invention: Introduction (page xiii)
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On Invention: Text and Translation (page 3)
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Book 1. Prooemia (page 3)
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1. On Prooemia from Hypolepsis (Suppositions) (page 5)
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2. On Prooemia from Hypodiaeresis (Subordination) (page 17)
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3. On Prooemia from Periousia (Superfluity) (page 21)
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4. On Prooemia from Kairos (Occasion) (page 23)
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5. On All Prooemia, and Of How Many Parts They Are Composed (page 25)
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Book 2: Diegesis (Narration or Statement of Facts) (page 31)
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1. On Katastasis or Diegesis (page 35)
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2. On Emigrations and Invention in Declamation about Them (page 35)
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3. On Proposals about Laws (page 39)
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4. On War and Peace (page 43)
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5. On Impiety or Homicide (page 47)
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6. On Wrongs to the State (page 49)
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7. On Diegesis (page 51)
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Book 3: Kataskeuē (Confirmation or Proof) (page 61)
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1. Prooemion (page 63)
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2. On Prokataskeuē (page 63)
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3. On Headings (page 73)
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4. On Enstasis and Antiparastasis (page 79)
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5. On Biaion (page 83)
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6. On Epikheiremes (page 85)
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7. On Ergasia of Epikheiremes (page 99)
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8. On Enthymeme (page 101)
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9. <On the Epenthymeme> (page 103)
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10. On Ap' Arkēs Akhri Telous (page 107)
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11. <On What Is Called a Plaston (Fictive) Epikheireme> (page 115)
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12. <On Lysis of From-Beginning-to-End in a Pragmatic Question> (page 119)
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13. On the Arrangement of Epikheiremes (page 121)
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14. On Definition (page 123)
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15. On Diaskeuē (page 127)
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Book 4 (page 137)
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[Features of Prose Style]
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1. On Figures of Speech (page 139)
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2. On Antitheton (page 141)
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3. On Period (page 147)
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4. On Pneuma (page 155)
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5. On Tasis (page 169)
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6. On Dilemmaton (page 169)
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7. On Parekhesis (page 173)
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8. On Kyklos (page 173)
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9. On Epiphonema (page 175)
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10. On Trope (page 179)
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11. On Solemn Language (page 181)
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12. On Kakozelon (page 183)
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[Declamation Problems]
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13. On Figured Problems (page 187)
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14. On Comparative Problems (page 197)
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On Method of Forceful Speaking: Text and Translation (page 201)
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Introduction (page 201)
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1. (On different Possible Meanings of a Word) (page 205)
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2. On All (Unfamiliar) Diction (page 205)
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3. On Mistakes in Word Usage (page 207)
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4. When To Use the Same and When To Use Varied Words (page 207)
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5. On Abundance (page 211)
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6. <On Remedying Presumptuous and Rash Thoughts> (page 213)
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7. On Paraleipsis and Aposiopesis (page 213)
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8. On Circumlocution (page 215)
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9. On Epanalepsis (page 219)
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10. On the Figure of Interrogation (page 221)
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11. On Asyndeton (page 223)
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12. On Preliminary Headings and Recapitulation (page 225)
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13. On Equal Figures (page 225)
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14. On Hyperbaton (page 227)
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15. On Antitheton (page 231)
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16. On Parison and How it Occurs (page 231)
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17. On Pretence (of Extemporaneity) (page 233)
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18. On Amplification: When Can It Be Opportunely Used in Trials? (page 235)
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19. On a Patent Lie: When Ought One to Use It? (page 237)
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20. On Oath: What Is Not Sworn and What Is Sworn (page 237)
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21. On Advocates: To Whom Should They Be Given? (page 239)
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22. On Successfully Accomplishing Opposites by Saying Opposites (page 239)
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23. On Forestalling the Claims of the Opposition (page 241)
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24. On Escaping Notice While Repeating What You or Others Have Said (page 243)
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25. On Praising Oneself without Offense (page 245)
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26. On Tricks Devised by Demosthenes in the Lawcourts (page 247)
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27. On Second Speeches: Why a Case Is Divided an How This Is Done (page 249)
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28. On Narration (page 251)
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29. On Commonplace Thoughts: How We Shall Make Them Our Own When Speaking (page 251)
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30. On Use of Verses in Prose (page 253)
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31. On Powerful Emotions among the Hearers (page 255)
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32. On Admitted Wrongdoing (page 257)
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33. On Speaking in Tragic Style (page 257)
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34. On Speaking in Comic Style (page 259)
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35. On Amphiboly (page 261)
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36. On Elaboration of Public Speaking, Dialogue, Comedy, Tragedy, and Socratic Symposia (page 263)
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37. On Negation (page 265)
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Glossary and Index of Technical Terms (page 269)
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Published: c2005
Publisher: SBL Press
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