The role of chreia in the rhetorical education of late antiquity

Abstract

The thesis aims to study the educational function of one of the progymnasmata, the chreia, emphasizing the practice of this exercise mainly in the rhetorical schools. The constructive method was followed, namely the analysis and the interpretation of the content of the written sources, their basic ideas and their information. The thesis is divided in six chapters. The first summarizes the history of the progymnasmata, their typology and the expessive means of the exercise of the chreia. The 2nd chapter refers to the specific educational dimensions of the progymnasmata, such as the role of the teachers and their methodology, the origins of the content of the progymasmata and their main topics. The 3rd chapter emphasizes the functional role of the chreia in the three levels of education. The analysis of the content of school books from Egypt (2nd - 4th cent. A.D) reveals the function of the chreia in primary and secondary education. Chriae, as well as maxims and certain verses of the h ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28842
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28842
ND
28842
Alternative title
Ο ρόλος της χρείας στη ρητορική εκπαίδευση της ύστερης αρχαιότητας
Author
Τσιτσιγιάννης, Απόστολος (Πατρώνυμο: Ιωάννης)
Date
2011
Degree Grantor
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
Committee members
Καρακατσάνης Παναγιώτης
Ιωαννίδου Χαρίκλεια
Πετρόπουλος Ιωάννης
Μπουσές Σταμάτιος
Καραφύλλης Αθανάσιος
Σαραφίδου Τριανταφυλλιά
Μάνος Ιωάννης
Discipline
Humanities and the Arts
History and Archaeology
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Keywords
Chreia; Progymnasmata; Rhetorical education; Elaboration of chreia; Theon; Aphtonius; Livanius; Diogenes Laertius
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
378 σ., tbls.
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