The substructure of stasis-theory from Hermagoras to Hermogenes

This paper analyses the history of the scheme aition, sunekhon, krinomenon in the rhetorical theory of stasis (issue-theory). The role of this scheme in the theory of Hermagoras of Temnos is reconstructed; it is shown that successive changes of position in Cicero's theoretical writings reflect the breakdown of Hermagoras' system. Responses to this breakdown in a number of later rhetoricians, including Quintilian, Lollianus and Minucianus, are discussed; Zeno and Hermogenes abandoned the scheme

An Exegetical and Critical Note on Cic. Inv. 1,10

In this paper we examine Cic. Inv. 1, 10 in order to reject the propositions which consist of interpreting "in dictione ac disceptatione" as an allusion to the "genera dicendi" (Achard, Marius Victorinus) or to the "asýstata" (Martin, Grillius). These words are a sort of hendiadys (“a speech involving debate”), which translates the Greek adjective "logikén", present in Hermagoras’ definition of thesis and hypothesis, as reconstructed by Striller and Jaeneke. We also provide new punctuation for this passage, in order to avoid a contradiction with Cic. Inv. 1, 17 (regarding the non-application of status to the quaestiones legales); according to which, the four genitives "aut facti aut nominis aut generis aut actionis" present in Inv. 1, 10 have to refer to "controversiam, not to quaestionem"

Law in declamation: the 'status legales' in Senecan 'controversiae'

As a part of the Hermagorean status-theory, the system of the status legales was established in the ancient rhetorical doctrine as the standard procedure for the treatment of cases involving a problem of interpretation of the law, and represented therefore the main link between rhetoric and law. By examining the application of the status legales in some controversiae of Seneca the Elder’s declamatory collection, I aim at illustrating how this method of the juridical argumentation matches up with the use in declamation of fictional laws

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Recontextualising the Rhetorica ad Herennium

This thesis will provide a sustained analysis of the relationship between the Rhetorica ad Herennium and its context in early first century BCE Rome. Over 250 examples in the Rhetorica ad Herennium illustrate the text’s rhetorical theory, but in so doing they also provide a significant insight into the history, law, and politics of this period. As I demonstrate, these examples show the preoccupations and perspectives of orators who were not necessarily from the political elite. They illustrate what could and could not be discussed in speech, and the modes of oratory that were encouraged by the author – popularis or not. The author’s focus on forensic oratory also has important implications for understanding the use of the law and legal knowledge. An important strand of this thesis is to compare the examples in the Rhetorica ad Herennium to those of Cicero’s contemporary De Inventione. Although the two texts have often been treated as a pair, there are differences between the two. The contrasts are noteworthy in themselves, but they also emphasise the independence of the author of the Rhetorica ad Herennium and the potential to adapt theories and approaches as necessary. This is also an educational text, and the way it is constructed relates closely to its audience. I argue that the post-Social War context of the Rhetorica ad Herennium is key to understanding this audience, who may include newly enfranchised Italians using the Roman legal system for the first time. By recontextualising the Rhetorica ad Herennium, it becomes clear that it is a very different text to the De Inventione in many ways. By highlighting these differences, I show that the work can stand alone as an object of enquiry and serve as a rich source for Roman Republican historians