Author: Stem, Rex
Title: The First Eloquent Stoic: Cicero on Cato the Younger
Review/Collection: The Classical Journal, Vol. 101, No. 1
Year edition: 2005
Pages: 37-49
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Through a contextualization of the Ciceronian evidence for Cato the
Younger's oratorical practice, this paper challenges the conventional interpretation
of the Paradoxa Stoicorum 3, and thereby argues that Cato was the first Stoic to
recognize the limitations of the traditionally jejune Stoic oratorical style and
therefore to incorporate some oratorical embellishments into his public speaking.
This recognition of Cato's innovation in Stoic oratorical practice justifies and
illuminates Cicero'sclaim at Brutus 118-19 that Cato was the first eloquent Stoic [Author]. Cf. Yellin 2023
Works:
Link: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/39852427/StemCJCatoOrator-libre.pdf?1447134329=&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3DThe_First_Eloquent_Stoic_Cicero_on_Cato.pdf&Expires=1688576698&Signature=IqcPZZEMTC6017DUzWlvZoOjk4mCdA~dh5q5KeWuBb
Author initials: Stem 2005 b
Title: The First Eloquent Stoic: Cicero on Cato the Younger
Review/Collection: The Classical Journal, Vol. 101, No. 1
Year edition: 2005
Pages: 37-49
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Through a contextualization of the Ciceronian evidence for Cato the
Younger's oratorical practice, this paper challenges the conventional interpretation
of the Paradoxa Stoicorum 3, and thereby argues that Cato was the first Stoic to
recognize the limitations of the traditionally jejune Stoic oratorical style and
therefore to incorporate some oratorical embellishments into his public speaking.
This recognition of Cato's innovation in Stoic oratorical practice justifies and
illuminates Cicero'sclaim at Brutus 118-19 that Cato was the first eloquent Stoic [Author]. Cf. Yellin 2023
Works:
Link: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/39852427/StemCJCatoOrator-libre.pdf?1447134329=&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3DThe_First_Eloquent_Stoic_Cicero_on_Cato.pdf&Expires=1688576698&Signature=IqcPZZEMTC6017DUzWlvZoOjk4mCdA~dh5q5KeWuBb
Author initials: Stem 2005 b
