On the Literary Judgment of Fronto (Eloq. 1, 2)
Abstract
The paper deals with a passage from the book “De eloquentia” (1, 2) by M. Cornelius Fronto that is most probably addressed to his pupil Marcus Aurelius. The author discusses attributes given by Fronto to four Latin poets: “In poetis <aut>em quis ignorat ut gracilis sit Lucilius, Albucius aridus, sublimis Lucretius, mediocris Pacuvius, inaequalis Accius, Ennius multiformis?” The article is to answer the question whether these adjectives denote special features of the poets or are they to be understood in terms of genera dicendi. The author comes to a conclusion that gracilis, sublimis and mediocris refer to the three main styles of oratory while aridus is rather a defect of the plain style. Inaequalis and multiformis are also to be seen in the context of employment of genera dicendi.
Keywords:
Latin literature, M. Cornelius Fronto, rhetoric, literary styles, genera dicendi, epistolary genre
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References
Champlin E. Fronto and Antonine Rome. Cambridge (Mass.); London, Harvard University Press, 1980.
Degl’Innocenti Pierini R. Studi su Accio. Quaderni dell’Instituto di filologia classica “G. Pascuali” dell’università degli studi di Firenze 1. Firenze, CLUSF — Cooperativa Editrice Universitaria, 1980.
Garcea A., Lomanto V. Gellius and Fronto on Loanwords and Literary Models: Their Evaluation of Laberius. Aulus Gellius and his Worlds, ed. by L. Holford-Strevens, A. Vardi. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Haines C.R. (ed., transl.) The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto with Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Lucius Verus, Antoninus Pius, and Various Friends, in 2 vols. Vol. 1. (Loeb Classical Library). London, William Heinemann; New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1919. Vol. 2. 1920.
Halm C. (ed.) Rhetores Latini minores. Lipsiae, Teubneri, 1863.
Hatch G.L. Marcus Cornelius Fronto. Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources, ed. by M. Ballif, M.G. Morgan. Westport; London, Praeger, 2005. Pp. 163–167.
Hout M.P.J. van den (ed.) M. Cornelii Frontonis Epistulae. Lipsiae, Teubneri, 1988.
Hout M.P.J. van den. A Commentary of the Letters of M. Cornelius Fronto. (Mnemosyne: Bibliotheca classica Batava Supplementumю T. 190). Leiden; Boston; Köln, Brill, 1999.
Johnson W.A. Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities. New York; Oxford,: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Klebs R. Albucius (2). Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Bd IA. S. l., 1893. Pp. 1330–1331.
Klussmann R. Emendationes Frontonianae. Berolini, Calvary, 1874.
Lausberg H. Handbuch der literarischen Rhetorik: Eine Grundlegung der Literaturwissenschaft. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart, Steiner, 1990.
Lindner T. Lateinische Komposita: Ein Glossar vornemlich zum Wortschatz der Dichtersprache (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft. Bd 89). Innsbruck, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, 1996.
Manuwald G. Pacuvius, summus tragicus poeta: Zum dramatischen Profil seiner Tragödien. München, K.G. Saur, 2003.
Marache R. La critique littéraire de langue latine et le développement du goût archaisant au IIe siècle de notre ère. Rennes, Plihon, 1952.
Minton W. On a Literary Judgment of Fronto. Transactions of the American Philological Association. 1894. Vol. 25. Pp. XLII–XLIII.
Niebuhr B. G. (ed.) M. Cornelii Frontonis reliquiae ab Angelo Maio, primum editae meliorem in ordinem digestas suisque et Ph. Buttmanni, L.F. Heindorfii, ac selectis A. Maii animadversionibus instructas iterum edidit. Berolini, G. Reimer, 1816.
Poignault R. Les référence à Lucrèce chez Quintilien, Fronton et Aulu-Gellu. Présense de Lucrèce: Actes du colloque tene à Tours (3–5 décembre 1998), éd. par R. Poignault. Tour, Centre de recherches A. Piganiol, 1998. P. 177–198.
Ribbeck O. Die römische Tragödie im Zeitalter der Republik. Leipzig, Teubner, 1875.
Schanz M. Geschichte der römischen Literatur bis zum Gesetzgebungswerk des Kaisers Justinian. Bd 1. 4. Aufl. München, C.H. Beck, 1927.
Timpanaro S. «Studi su Accio» Rita Degl’Innocenti Pierini. Gnomon. 1982. Bd 54. H. 3. Pp. 262–265.
Vahlen I. (ed.) Ennianae poesis reliquiae. 2. Aufl. Lipsiae, Teubneri, 1928.
Vioque G. G. (comm.), Zoltowski J. J. (transl.) Martial. Book VII: A Commentary. Leiden; Boston; Köln, Brill, 2002.
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2015-12-10
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Budaragina, O. (2015). On the Literary Judgment of Fronto (Eloq. 1, 2). Philologia Classica, 10, 214–234. Retrieved from https://philclass.spbu.ru/article/view/7603
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