Eugenio Amato

Law and ethics in greek and roman declamation

Ancient declamation defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. Only within the past few decades the complexity of declamation and the promise inherent in its study have come to be recognized. The book contains 13 essays from international scholars, engages with the multidisciplinary nature of ancient declamation, focusing on the interactions in declamation between rhetoric, literature, law, and ethics.

Procopius of Gaza

Procopius was a rhetor and sophist who lived in Gaza (ca. 465–70 ce–526/30 ce). He wrote numerous works dedicated to pupils of the famous school of his native city, which was run by himself, or addressed to a wider public and rendered on the occasion of festivals or important political-cultural events. He was highly valued because of the elegance and finesse of his style during the Byzantine period, and he was considered to be one of the last voices of Greek sophistry. Keywords: classics; Byzantine history; literature; Late Antiquity; oratory

An Echo of Sappho in Favorinus

De fortuna, 14. de Favorinus (p. 257, 19sq. Barigazzi) semble refléter un passage de Sappho, fr. 132 Voigt, et pourrait en retour suggérer que figurait, dans le poème de Sappho. αίρήϲομαι (“Je préférerai”) ou έλοίμην (“Je préférerais”).