Demetrius on Style
The Greek Text of Demetrius De Elocutione Edited after the Paris Manuscript

This edition of the ancient treatise De Eloutione provides a facing page translation of the original Greek text, supplemented with an extensive introduction and notes.

W. Rhys Roberts (Edited and translated by)

9780521720120, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 February 2011

356 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg

Probably dating from the first century AD, De Eloutione is an ancient treatise on good writing practices that draws on works by Aristotle and Theophrastus. It remained highly popular into the late Renaissance with such writers as John Milton among its exponents. This edition by William Rhys Roberts was the first English publication in 1902. The volume provides a facing-page translation of the original Greek text, supplemented with extensive notes, a glossary, and comprehensive introduction. While an important book for classicists and amateur readers of Greek, there is much here that students of rhetoric will also find interesting.

Part I. Introduction: 1. The study of prose style among the Greeks 2. Contents of the De Elocutione. General aspects of Greek stylistic study
3. Date and authorship of the De Elocutione
Part II: Text and Translation
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Indices
Plates.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]