The first eloquent stoic: Cicero on Cato the younger

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  1. [1] Louisiana State University

     Louisiana State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 101, Nº 1, 2005, págs. 37-49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Through a contextualization of the Ciceronian evidence for Cato the Younger's oratorical practice, this paper challenges the conventional interpretation of the Paradoxa Stoicorum 3, and thereby argues that Cato was the first Stoic to recognize the limitations of the traditionally jejune Stoic oratorical style and therefore to incorporate some oratorical embellishments into his public speaking. This recognition of Cato's innovation in Stoic oratorical practice justifies and illuminates Cicero's claim at Brutus 118-19 that Cato was the first eloquent Stoic.