RATIONES RERUM 25: Articolo Virgilio Costa

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Rationes Rerum 25

VIRGILIO COSTA
Le citazioni poetiche negli oratori attici

Ancient rhetorical treatises recommend that aspiring orators read poetry, because it provides a variety of figures of speech and diction, as well as a sensitivity to rhythm. Nevertheless, there are very few explicit quotations from poetry in speeches from the fifth to fourth centuries BC that have survived. The article offers some explanations for this situation, linking it to the ever-difficult relationship between the speaker and his audience.