Figures in the Shadows : : The Speech of Two Augustan-Age Declaimers, Arellius Fuscus and Papirius Fabianus / / Bart Huelsenbeck.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Huelsenbeck, Bart,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde , 369
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 386 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Quotations in the collection of the elder Seneca: principles of order --; 2. Papirius Fabianus: voice of a philosopher --; 3. Arellius Fuscus: a rhetor reviewed --; 4. Arellius Fuscus: presence in traditions --; 5. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index of Passages Cited --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110306347; 9783110762488; 9783110719550; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604009; 9783110603095
• ISSN: 1616-0452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110306347
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bart Huelsenbeck.

The collection of the elder Seneca assembles "ations from scores of declaimers over a period spanning sixty years, from the Augustan Age through the early decades of the empire. A view is offered onto a literary scene, for this critical period of Roman letters, that is numerously populated, highly interactive, and less dominated by just a few canonical authors. Despite this potential, modern readings have often lumped declaimers together en masse and organizational principles basic to Seneca’s collection remain overlooked. This volume attempts to ‘hear’ the individual speech of declaimers by focusing on two speakers—Arellius Fuscus, rhetor to Ovid, and Papirius Fabianus, teacher of the younger Seneca. A key organizing principle, informing both the collection and the practice of declamation, was the ‘shared locus’—a short passage, defined by verbal and argumentative ingredients, that gained currency among declaimers. Study of the operation of the shared locus carries several advantages: (1) we appreciate distinctions between declaimers; (2) we recognize shared passages as a medium of communication; and (3) the shared locus emerges as a community resource, explaining deep-seated connections between declamation and literary works.