Antony of Tagrit and the Progymnasmata: Towards a Syriac Rhetorical Theory in the Abbasid Era

This paper investigates the engagement with Greek progymnasmata exercises shown by the first rhetorical handbook in Syriac: Antony of Tagrit’s On Rhetoric (ninth century). Despite lacking any specific reference to progymnastic authors or texts and having its own peculiarities and foundations, the rh...

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Main Author: Mara Nicosia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage 2024-12-01
Series:Histoire Épistémologie Langage
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/hel/5995
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