Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric
For students of classical, medieval, and early modern literature and of the history of education, Kennedy (classics emeritus, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) presents and comments on four Greek treatises for teaching prose composition and elementary rhetoric. They were written during the time of the Roman Empire and studied throughout the Byzantine period; Latin translations of some were used across Europe during the Middle Ages; and one was translated into English in 1563.
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Mentioned in:
- Episode #93 – Revived by Reading as Brandy Vencel’s Scholé Everyday pick
- Episode #124 – Redeeming the 5-Paragraph Essay with Renee Shepard
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