Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I CHORICIUS, PRELIMINARY TALKS
- II CHORICIUS, DECLAMATIONS
- 2 Declamation 1 [X]:
- 3 Declamation 2 [XII]:
- 4 Declamation 3 [XIV]:
- 5 Declamation 4 [XVII]:
- 6 Declamation 5 [XX]:
- 7 Declamation 6 [XXIII]:
- 8 Declamation 7 [XXVI]:
- 9
- 10 Declamation 9 [XXXV]:
- 11 Declamation 10 [XXXVIII]:
- 12 Declamation 11 [XL]:
- 13 Declamation 12 [XLII]:
- Epilogue: The fortune and reception of Choricius and of his works
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Declamation 11 [XL]: <The War-Hero>
from II - CHORICIUS, DECLAMATIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I CHORICIUS, PRELIMINARY TALKS
- II CHORICIUS, DECLAMATIONS
- 2 Declamation 1 [X]:
- 3 Declamation 2 [XII]:
- 4 Declamation 3 [XIV]:
- 5 Declamation 4 [XVII]:
- 6 Declamation 5 [XX]:
- 7 Declamation 6 [XXIII]:
- 8 Declamation 7 [XXVI]:
- 9 Declamation 8 [XXIX]:
- 10 Declamation 9 [XXXV]:
- 11 Declamation 10 [XXXVIII]:
- 12 Declamation 11 [XL]:
- 13 Declamation 12 [XLII]:
- Epilogue: The fortune and reception of Choricius and of his works
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
[THEME]
<There is a law that a war-hero be memorialized in a painting with the clothing he wore. A general who put on a woman's clothing and defeated his enemies during the night asked that he not be memorialized, even though the other general – the one who had already been defeated by them – speaks in opposition. Let us take on the role of the war-hero. >
<DECLAMATION>
[1] When they are defeated, freedom of speech usually leaves men…
[2] The whole world is a likeness of illustrious men…
[3] Without good planning, power is not naturally of any help; but good judgment, even if it is not accompanied by might, often contrives many things…
[4] Just as those bearing the heaviest loads are released from their burdens somehow by singing whatever comes to them, so even for those sick from envy argument and counterargument offer a brief comfort…
[5] <If someone asked him what> the aim of the law was that ordained that a war-hero be memorialized with the clothing he wore, he would have answered that a person is glad to see himself presented in the way he became famous. And suppose he asked him again: “If anyone were to turn aside such a commemorative painting – whether for putting on women's clothing or for some other reason – since it seemed best to him not to be memorialized, do you set down in the law that this man take the prize against his will?
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- Rhetorical Exercises from Late AntiquityA Translation of Choricius of Gaza's Preliminary Talks and Declamations, pp. 222 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009