Consistency and Variation in Cicero's Oratorical Style

This dissertation--a comparative synchronic stylistic study--is intended to dispel the prevalent misconception that Cicero's style is monotonously the same, overornate, bombastic, self-indulgent. The question we set out to answer is whether there are any substantial stylistic differences between orations of Cicero belonging to the same year or period. Our point of departure was Cicero's statement (Orator 71-110) that the competent orator is the one who is capable of varying his style and adapting it to the particular requirements of his case.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Classical Philology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Panayiotou, George

• Literature, Classical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8502261

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71529