A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond. Comprises 32 original essays by leading international scholars. Explores major figures Cicero and Quintilian in-depth. Covers a broad range of topics such as rhetoric and politics, gender, status, self-identity, education, and literature.

Contents Notes on Contributors viii Preface xii Texts and Abbreviations xiv Part I Approaching Rhetoric 1 1 Confronting Roman Rhetoric 3William Dominik and Jon Hall 2 Modern Critical Approaches to Roman Rhetoric 9John Dugan 3 Greek Rhetoric Meets Rome: Expansion, Resistance, and Acculturation 23Sarah Culpepper Stroup 4 Native Roman Rhetoric: Plautus and Terence 38John Barsby 5 Roman Oratory Before Cicero: The Elder Cato and Gaius Gracchus 54Enrica Sciarrino Part II Rhetoric and Its Social Context 67 6 Rhetorical Education and Social Reproduction in the Republic and Early Empire 69Anthony Corbeill 7 Virile Tongues: Rhetoric and Masculinity 83Joy Connolly 8 Oratory, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Republic 98Michael C. Alexander 9 Oratory and Politics in the Empire 109Steven H. Rutledge 10 Roman Senatorial Oratory 122John T. Ramsey 11 Panegyric 136Roger Rees 12 Roman Oratorical Invective 149Valentina Arena Part III Systematizing Rhetoric 161 13 Roman Rhetorical Handbooks 163Robert N. Gaines 14 Elocutio: Latin Prose Style 181Roderich Kirchner 15 Memory and the Roman Orator 195Jocelyn Penny Small 16 Wit and Humor in Roman Rhetoric 207Edwin Rabbie 17 Oratorical Delivery and the Emotions: Theory and Practice 218Jon Hall Part IV Rhetoricians and Orators 235 18 Lost Orators of Rome 237Catherine Steel 19 Cicero as Rhetorician 250James M. May 20 Cicero as Orator 264Christopher P. Craig 21 Grammarians and Rhetoricians 285Charles McNelis 22 Roman Declamation: The Elder Seneca and Quintilian 297W. Martin Bloomer 23 Quintilian as Rhetorician and Teacher 307Jorge Ferna´ndez Lo´pez 24 Tacitus and Pliny on Oratory 323William Dominik 25 Rhetoric and the Second Sophistic 339Graham Anderson 26 Roman Rhetoric and Its Afterlife 354John O. Ward Part V Rhetoric and Roman Literature 367 27 Rhetoric and Literature at Rome 369Matthew Fox 28 Rhetoric and Epic: Vergil’s Aeneid and Lucan’s Bellum Civile 382Emanuele Narducci 29 Rhetoric and Satire: Horace, Persius, and Juvenal 396Dan Hooley 30 Rhetoric and Ovid 413Ulrike Auhagen 31 Rhetoric and the Younger Seneca 425Marcus Wilson 32 Rhetoric and Historiography 439Cynthia Damon Bibliography 451 Glossary of Technical Terms 487 Index Locorum 495 General Index 502

This authoritative Companion of specially commissioned studies, 31 scholars from nine countries have combined to produce a survey of Roman rhetoric that explores its wide-ranging cultural importance. The contributors include not only internationally recognized figures with established reputations in the field of Roman rhetoric but also emerging scholars with fresh perspectives on the discipline. Among the topics covered by A Companion to Roman Rhetoric are the evolution of Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance; rhetoric’s role in education and acculturation; the seminal importance of rhetoric in statesmanship and politics; the relationship between rhetoric and social identity; the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of rhetoric; the dynamics of rhetoric performance; and rhetoric’s interaction with the major genres and figures of Roman literature. This Companion will be valuable to a wide readership including undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in Roman culture, as well as scholars in adjacent disciplines seeking an accessible introduction to Roman rhetoric. All Greek and Latin passages are translated. The volume complements A Companion to Greek Rhetoric published in the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series.

"Dominik and Hall have produced a solid, well-structured and accessible piece of work, which not only provides an excellent starting point to newcomers, but also contains a number of original contributions that will be of interest to more advanced scholars." (Scholia Reviews, June 2010)

"This Blackwell Companion successfully communicates the efflorescence of Roman rhetorical practices and the centrality of rhetoric in Roman thought." (Classical World, June 2009) "Students at all levels will benefit from reading these essays, both for their intrinsic scholarship and for the guidance they give, through copious bibliographical reference, towards further research…an important contribution to Blackwell’s catalogue of classical titles." (The Classical Review, Vol 58 No. 1 2008) "Dominik and Hall's [book] will be welcomed by those seeking capable introductions to the areas it treats. Through an array of open-minded contributions [it] usefully introduces the main scholarly issues in Roman rhetoric and oratory, outlining how far the field has come and the opportunities and complications that lie ahead."(Bryn Mawr Classical Review) "A significant major contribution that adds further prestige to a very major series." (Reference Reviews) "A short review cannot begin to do justice to the immense range of material covered here … This excellent Companion will tell most readers all they need to know about Roman rhetoric." (Journal of Classics Teaching) "This welcome addition … fills a void long empty in classical scholarship … . Every library, if not every Classics department, should own a copy." (New England Classical Journal)

Notes on Contributors Preface Texts and Abbreviations Part I: Approaching Rhetoric Part II: Rhetoric and Its Social Context Part III: Systematizing Rhetoric Part IV: Rhetoricians and Orators Part V: Rhetoric and Roman Literature Bibliography Glossary of Technical Terms Index Locorum General Index