Rhetorical studies in the arbitration scene of Menander's Epitrepontes - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1915 Excerpt: ... a clause grammatically subordinate is left at the end of the sentence, where it receives such emphasis. Legrand criticises this propositio as follows: Ce developpement est clair, correct. Mais, bien qu'il ait une certaine etendue, il manque pourtant d'ampleur et, en quelque sorte, de rotondite'; chaque vers fait avancer d'un pas, pour ainsi dire, l'expression de la pensee; on dirait que l'orateur n'a pas pu embrasser d'un coup d'oeil tout ce qu'il avait a exposer et qu'il le dcouvre par fragments.--Op. cit. 336. This criticism, so it seems to me, is just, except in two particulars. The lack of rotondite" should not be regarded as a fault; and the piece-by-piece method of expressing the thought is an indication of a lack of mental grasp, not on the part of Syriscus, but on the part of the judge. The speaker here adopts the manner of a skilful teacher who wishes to make clear an intricate problem to a puzzled pupil.116 One step is explained clearly and slowly, that the pupil may have ample time to grasp it. When he has done so, and not till then, does the teacher proceed to the next one, and so on, till the end is reached. If Syriscus had reeled his statement off glibly in a full, round period, Smicrines might have been impressed with the speaker's eloquence without getting any help in his perplexity. This sentence should be judged by its perfect adaptation to the purpose for which it is spoken, and not by its failure to meet the requirements of a literary style.117 Since the Proof begins with rl ovv Tore (96), it is evident that the Narrative has been omitted. Quintilian (iv, 2, 5) gives the reason which justifies its omission in this case; he says the expositio alone is sufficient,--cum est quidem in re narrationi locus sed aut ante iudici nota sunt omnia a...

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