The author of the Byzantine rhetorical treatise usually called περὶ λογο- γραφίας (identified by some as Gregory Pardos, metropolite of Corinth), when discussing of the encomia , quotes Procopius and Choricius of Gaza as witnesses for the ancient usage of composing προᾴσματα separated from the very orations. By this term he certainly means the διαλέξεις , or introductory talks, which were still recognizable as such in Choricius’ (and possibly in Procopius’) medieval corpora . In the author’s eyes, it was these διαλέξεις that gave rise to the contemporary mode of initiating encomia with narrative proems containing stories and myths. This section of the περὶ λογογραφίας should probably be dated to the end of the 12th century, when such proems were especially common among rhetors.
Una testimonianza sulle προλαλιαί di Procopio e Coricio di Gaza nel Περὶ λογογραφίας
CORCELLA, Aldo
2010-01-01
Abstract
The author of the Byzantine rhetorical treatise usually called περὶ λογο- γραφίας (identified by some as Gregory Pardos, metropolite of Corinth), when discussing of the encomia , quotes Procopius and Choricius of Gaza as witnesses for the ancient usage of composing προᾴσματα separated from the very orations. By this term he certainly means the διαλέξεις , or introductory talks, which were still recognizable as such in Choricius’ (and possibly in Procopius’) medieval corpora . In the author’s eyes, it was these διαλέξεις that gave rise to the contemporary mode of initiating encomia with narrative proems containing stories and myths. This section of the περὶ λογογραφίας should probably be dated to the end of the 12th century, when such proems were especially common among rhetors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
