Divided Audience and Figured Speech in Cicero's Pro Balbo

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2021-04-08 DOI:10.1353/AJP.2021.0002

Joanna Kenty

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Abstract

Abstract:Ancient rhetorical theorists described figured speech (oratio figurata) as a strategy for expressing criticism safely, through a screen of ambiguity. I argue that Cicero's Pro Balbo can be read as figured, communicating criticism of Pompey. Cicero's panegyric to Pompey in this speech would have appeared to be factually accurate and commendable to pro-Pompeian members of the audience, but factually wrong or even insincere to anti-Pompeians. Multiple readings of Cicero's intentions are latent as possible interpretations of the speech because of political divisions and divergent prejudices at the time of its delivery.

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西塞罗的《赞成巴尔博》中分裂的听众和修辞的演讲

摘要:古代修辞学理论家将修辞修辞描述为一种通过模糊的屏障安全地表达批评的策略。我认为西塞罗的《赞成巴尔博》可以被解读为形象，传达了对庞培的批评。西塞罗在演讲中对庞培的赞美诗，对于支持庞培的听众来说，实际上是准确的，值得赞扬的，但对于反对庞培的听众来说，实际上是错误的，甚至是不真诚的。对西塞罗意图的多重解读是潜在的，可能的解释，因为政治分歧和不同的偏见，在演讲的时候。

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY CLASSICS-

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