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  Praise and Blame in Roman Republican Rhetoric
edited by Christopher Smith and Ralph Covino
ISBN-13: 978-1-905125-46-3 ISBN-10: 1-905125-46-1, hardback, 330pp, 2010,
 
Cicero, and others in the Roman Republic, were masters of both invective and panegyric, two hugely important genres in ancient oratory, which influenced the later theory and practice of rhetoric. The papers in this volume address strategies of vituperation and eulogy within the Republic, and examine the mechanisms and effects of praise and blame.
 

Contents

Preface
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction: Praise and blame in Roman oratory - William J. Dominik and Christopher Smith
2. Self-serving sermons: oratory and the self-construction of the republican aristocrat - Karl-J Hölkeskamp
3. Cicero’s oratory of praise and blame and the practice of elections in the late Roman republic - Catherine Steel
4. Historical exempla as tools of praise and blame in Ciceronian oratory - Henriette van der Blom
5. The laudation funebris as a vehicle for praise and admonition - Ralph Covino
6. The whole truth? Laudationes in the courtroom - Roger Rees
7. Cicero and the ‘false dilemma’ - Robin Seager
8. Blaming the people in front of the people: restraint and outbursts of orators in Roman contiones - Martin Jehne
9. Violating the principles of partnership: Cicero on Quinctius and Naevius - Jill Harries
10. Combating the odium of self-praise: Cicero’s Divinatio in Caecilium - Kathryn Tempest
11. Invective identities in Pro Caelio - W. Jeffrey Tatum
12. Praising Caesar: towards the construction of an autocratic ruler’s image between the Roman Republic and the Empire - Cristina Rosillo López
13. The function of praise and blame in Cicero’s Philippics - Gesine Manuwald

Bibliography
Indices
I. Main passages discussed
II.General index
III. Index of names
 

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