Roman rhetoric and ‘correspondence education': the epistolary 'viva vox' of Marcus Cornelius Fronto

• NOELLE K. ZEINER-CARMICHAEL ^[1]
  1. [1] College of Charleston

     College of Charleston

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, ISSN 0076-0730, Vol. 61, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 78-91
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The idealized ‘viva vox’ of face‐to‐face instruction, expressed by Quintilian and Seneca, offers a thematic paradigm for examining Fronto's pedagogical ‘self‐lettering’. Fronto's didactic letters facilitate the long‐distance rhetorical education of Marcus Aurelius, but beyond their pragmatic role, they also function symbolically to promulgate Fronto's status and intimacy with the imperial court