PLINY AND "GLORIA DICENDI"

Mayer argues that the "Letters" are designed to keep the reader's attention fixed upon Pliny the Younger as an orator and to provide as well a sort of insurance policy for the oratory. Pliny was aware that his forensic speeches would be unlikely to command as much interest as Cicero&#...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arethusa 2003-04, Vol.36 (2), p.227-234
1. Verfasser:	MAYER, ROLAND
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Apostolic letters Insurance policies Letters Literary criticism Literature Oratory Pliny the Younger (61?-113) Reading Speeches Upper houses
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Zusammenfassung:	Mayer argues that the "Letters" are designed to keep the reader's attention fixed upon Pliny the Younger as an orator and to provide as well a sort of insurance policy for the oratory. Pliny was aware that his forensic speeches would be unlikely to command as much interest as Cicero's, but they were, after all, the sum total of his achievement.
ISSN:	0004-0975 1080-6504 1080-6504
DOI:	10.1353/are.2003.0014