Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.34.3, pp. 1978-2063
 
Hermogenes of Tarsus
by Gertrud Lindberg, Lund

Contents

Introduction 1979

I. Review of Scholarship

1980

1. Establishment of the Text

1980

2. Translations of the Text into Modern Languages

1981

3. Modern Studies of Hermogenic Concepts and Theories

1982

II. Life, Writings, Influence

1985

III. 'On Staseis'

1988

1. The Stasis Theory

1988

2. Hermogenes' Method of Division

1991

3. The Definitions and Divisions of the Staseis

1993

A. The Stasis of Conjecture

1993

B. The Stasis of Definition

1995

C. The Stasis of Quality

1996

a) Forensic Pleading

1996

b) The Deliberative Stasis

1998

c) The Legal Staseis

1999

D. The Stasis of Objection

2000

4. A Manual of Instruction for Students in School Declamation

2004

IV. 'On Ideas'

2005

1. Basic Concepts, Elements, and Principles

2005

2. Clarity

2008

A. Purity

2009

B. Distinctness

2009

3. Grandeur

2011

A. Solemnity and Brilliance

2012

B. Asperity and Vehemence

2015

C. Amplitude

2016

4. Beauty

2018

5. Vigour

2021

6. Ethos

2023

A. Simplicity

2025

a) Sweetness

2026

b) Sharpness or Wit

2028

B. Moderation

2029

C. Sincerity

2030

D. Weight

2032

7. Force or Skill

2035

8. Sharing

2039

9. Opposites and Contrasts

2042

10. Mixture

2044

11. Political Discourse and Panegyrical Writing

2047

12. Concluding Remarks

2052

V. Spurious Works

2053

1. 'Progymnasmata'

2053

2. 'On Invention'

2055

A. Survey of Structure and Content

2057

3. 'On the Method of Force' (Effective Speech)

2061
Conclusion 2062
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