«Who is Demosthenes in comparison with me?»: Rhetoric, actio and elocutio in Lucian’s Professor of Public Speaking»
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Lucian of Samosata, Second Sophistic, Actio, EñocutioAbstract
This paper deals with Lucian’s Professor of Public Speaking and with the theoretical aspects of two officia oratoris -actio and elocutio- as well as its social and cultural ramifications. In the context of the literary and cultural milieu of the Second Sophistic rhetorical deliveries became as relevant as the speech itself. Gestures, voice and gait were synonymous not only with rhetorical mastery but with social roles and status.
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