Author: Berardi, Francesco
Title: Cicerone, il De oratore e la retorica dei progymnasmata
Review/Collection: Ciceroniana On Line X, 1
Year edition: 2026
Pages: 7-58
Keywords: Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Recent studies have reconsidered the question of the origins of the progymnasmata and the record of their existence in first-century BCE rhetoric. A cross-examination of Cicero’s De oratore alongside evidence from Quintilian and Theon reveals numerous points of contact between the programme of exercitatio through writing outlined by Crassus (1.147-159) and the teaching of the progymnasmata, in terms of content, didactic methodology, and pedagogical principles. This investigation allows for a more precise definition of teaching methods adopted in Rome between the first century BCE and the first century CE, catching in fieri the processes that would eventually lead to a well-structured curriculum articulated on two levels: the preparatory course and the practice of declamation. [Author]
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/13925/11230
Author initials: Berardi 2026
Title: Cicerone, il De oratore e la retorica dei progymnasmata
Review/Collection: Ciceroniana On Line X, 1
Year edition: 2026
Pages: 7-58
Keywords: Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Recent studies have reconsidered the question of the origins of the progymnasmata and the record of their existence in first-century BCE rhetoric. A cross-examination of Cicero’s De oratore alongside evidence from Quintilian and Theon reveals numerous points of contact between the programme of exercitatio through writing outlined by Crassus (1.147-159) and the teaching of the progymnasmata, in terms of content, didactic methodology, and pedagogical principles. This investigation allows for a more precise definition of teaching methods adopted in Rome between the first century BCE and the first century CE, catching in fieri the processes that would eventually lead to a well-structured curriculum articulated on two levels: the preparatory course and the practice of declamation. [Author]
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/13925/11230
Author initials: Berardi 2026
