Author: Boldrer, Francesca
Title: Cicerone, gli inizi dell’eloquenza a Roma e lo studium di(s)cendi (de orat. 1, 13-16)
Review/Collection: Ciceroniana On Line, 8, 1
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 121-137
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: The article examines Cicero’s excursus on the beginnings of eloquence in Rome in the preface to the first book of De oratore (1, 13-16). The analysis highlights both positive and critical aspects in the studium of young Romans (among whom Cicero includes traces of his own autobiography). This studium as outlined by Cicero privileges a practical over a theoretical approach and is marked by the lack of a cultural component. Cicero, however, argues for the importance of such an ingredient to achieve excellence. Ultimately, the discussion has a bearing also on textual issues characterising the passage, specifically on the controversial use of either dicendi or discendi (studium) in de orat. 1, 14 [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/10902/8971
Author initials: Boldrer 2024
Title: Cicerone, gli inizi dell’eloquenza a Roma e lo studium di(s)cendi (de orat. 1, 13-16)
Review/Collection: Ciceroniana On Line, 8, 1
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 121-137
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philologie - Filologia - Philology
Description: The article examines Cicero’s excursus on the beginnings of eloquence in Rome in the preface to the first book of De oratore (1, 13-16). The analysis highlights both positive and critical aspects in the studium of young Romans (among whom Cicero includes traces of his own autobiography). This studium as outlined by Cicero privileges a practical over a theoretical approach and is marked by the lack of a cultural component. Cicero, however, argues for the importance of such an ingredient to achieve excellence. Ultimately, the discussion has a bearing also on textual issues characterising the passage, specifically on the controversial use of either dicendi or discendi (studium) in de orat. 1, 14 [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/10902/8971
Author initials: Boldrer 2024
