Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

Edited by: Sophia Papaioannou and Andreas Serafim

Volume 121 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110735536

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About this book

This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and symbouleutic), and aspires to enhance the knowledge and understanding of how this technique is used in such con-texts of both Greek and Roman oratory. Despite the important scholarly work that has been done in discussing the patterns of using invective in Greek and Roman texts and contexts, there are still notable gaps in our knowledge of the issue. The introduction to, and the twelve chapters of, this volume address some understudied multi-genre and interdisciplinary topics: first, the ways in which comic invective in oratory draws on, or has implications for, comedy and other genres, or how these literary genres are influenced by oratorical theory and practice, and by contemporary socio-political circumstances, in articulating comic invective and targeting prominent individuals; second, how comic invective sustains relationships and promotes persuasion through unity and division; third, how it connects with sexuality, the human body and male/female physiology; fourth, what impact generic dichotomies, as, for example, public-private and defence-prosecution, may have upon using comic invective; and fifth, what the limitations in its use are, depending on the codes of honour and decency in ancient Greece and Rome.

Author / Editor information

Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Andreas Serafim, Academy of Athens, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Killing with a Smile: Comic Invective in Greek and Roman Oratory Sophia Papaioannou and Andreas Serafim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Intertextual and Multi-genre Invective
Comedy and Insults in the Athenian Law-courts Jasper Donelan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Comic Invective and Public Speech in Fourth-Century Athens Kostas Apostolakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Comic Invective in Attic Forensic Oratory: Private Speeches Andreas Serafim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Rhetorical Defence, Inter-poetic Agōn and the Reframing of Comic Invective in Plato’s Apology of Socrates Emiliano J. Buis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
“You are Mad!” Allegations of Insanity in Greek Comedy and Rhetoric George Kazantzidis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Comic Invective in Cicero’s Speech Pro M. Caelio Dennis Pausch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
How to Start a Show: Comic Invectives in the Prologues of Terence and Decimus Laberius Hanna Maria Degener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Part II: The Cultural Workings of Invective
Comic Somatisation and the Body of Evidence in Aeschines’ Against Timarchus Thomas K. Hubbard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Comic Invective, Decorum and Ars in Cicero’s De Oratore Nathan Kish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
No Decorum in the Forum? Comic Invective in the Theatre of Justice Jan Lukas Horneff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Part III: Invective in Ancient Socio-political Contexts
Political Rhetoric and Comic Invective in Fifth-Century Athens: The Trial of the Dogs in Aristophanes’ Wasps Ioannis Konstantakos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Democracy, Poverty, Comic Heroism and Oratorical Strategy in Lysias 24 Wilfred E. Major Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Notes on Editors and Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students interested in Classics and literature- and rhetoric studies
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 282
Keywords: Comic invective; humour; laughter; oratorical strategies

eBook

Published: August 2, 2021
ISBN: 9783110735536

Hardcover

Published: August 2, 2021
ISBN: 9783110738964

Paperback

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111271040