RETHINKING THE POLITICAL ROLE OF PLINY’S PANEGYRICUS IN THE PANEGYRICI LATINI

The purpose of this paper is to offer a preliminary response to the political influence of Pliny's Panegyricus in the Panegyrici Latini , focussing on passages that contain echoes stricto sensu of Pliny on political matters so as to refine understanding of the rhetorical function of Pliny'...

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Published in:Arethusa 2013-03, Vol.46 (2), p.195-216
Main Author: RUIZ, M. PILAR GARCÍA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical studies
Content analysis
Ideology
Literary criticism
Pliny the Younger (61?-113)
Politics
Roman civilization
Speeches
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to offer a preliminary response to the political influence of Pliny's Panegyricus in the Panegyrici Latini , focussing on passages that contain echoes stricto sensu of Pliny on political matters so as to refine understanding of the rhetorical function of Pliny's Panegyricus in the corpus as a whole. The line of argument follows a chronological order: the panegyric orations from the period 289-321 comprise a set in which the influence of Pliny is relatively minor, whereas Pliny's text has a significant bearing on the conceptual and expressive dimensions of the speeches delivered in 362 and 389.
ISSN:0004-0975
1080-6504
1080-6504
DOI:10.1353/are.2013.0009