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The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric: Commentaries on Aphthonius's Progymnasmata
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date June 15, 2013
Pages 345
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781589837287
ISBN-10 1589837282
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight 1.45 lbs.
Original list price $61.95
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book provides the first translations in English and a preliminary analysis of the commentaries on the chreia chapter in Aphthoniuss standard Progymnasmata, a classroom guide on composition. The chreia, or anecdote, was a popular form that preserved the wisdom of philosophers, kings, generals, and sophists. Aphthonius used the chreia to provide instructions on how to construct an argument and to confirm the validity of the chreia by means of an eight-paragraph essay. His treatment of this classroom exercise, however, was so brief that commentators needed to clarify, explain, and supplement what he had written as well as to situate the chreia as preparation for the study of rhetoricthe kinds of public speeches and the parts of a speech. By means of these Byzantine commentaries, we can thus see more clearly how this important form and its confirmation were taught in classrooms for over a thousand years.

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from Society of Biblical Literature (June 15, 2013)
9781589837287 | details & prices | 345 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $61.95
About: This book provides the first translations in English and a preliminary analysis of the commentaries on the chreia chapter in Aphthoniuss standard Progymnasmata, a classroom guide on composition.
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from Society of Biblical Literature (November 1, 2012)
9781589836440 | details & prices | 345 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $46.95
About: This book provides the first translations in English and a preliminary analysis of the commentaries on the chreia chapter in Aphthoniuss standard Progymnasmata, a classroom guide on composition.

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