Amatory Persuasion in Antiquity: Studies in Theory and PracticeUniversity of Delaware Press, 1985 - 192 sider One of the most important foreign visitors to the United States during the last half of the nineteenth century was Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg. In 1888 she was a delegate to the international women's congress in Washington, D.C. This volume is about her travels and experiences in the new world. |
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... offer of marriage is unusual since in antiquity the standard practice was for parents to arrange a marriage ; marriage for love was rare , to say nothing of a proposal on first encounter . Yet Achilles ' plea moves from rather ...
... offer of marriage is unusual since in antiquity the standard practice was for parents to arrange a marriage ; marriage for love was rare , to say nothing of a proposal on first encounter . Yet Achilles ' plea moves from rather ...
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... offers material gifts , the bait for winning Galatea's love . Indeed , before presenting his catalogue of offerings ... offer of gifts , Polyphemus's words contain impulses to conclude as well as to begin an affair , and this tension is ...
... offers material gifts , the bait for winning Galatea's love . Indeed , before presenting his catalogue of offerings ... offer of gifts , Polyphemus's words contain impulses to conclude as well as to begin an affair , and this tension is ...
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... offer of tangible gifts to sug- gestions of basic alteration within himself — e.g . , burning his eye and eyebrow or learning to swim in order to become a part of the marine sphere . While Polyphemus's offer of the pastoral life also ...
... offer of tangible gifts to sug- gestions of basic alteration within himself — e.g . , burning his eye and eyebrow or learning to swim in order to become a part of the marine sphere . While Polyphemus's offer of the pastoral life also ...
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Preface | 9 |
The Rhetoric of Seduction | 32 |
The Rhetoric of Abandonment | 69 |
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abandonment Achilles Aeneas affair Ajax Alcestis Alexis amatory amatory dilemma amor Andromache appears appropriate argument Aristotle Aristotle's arrangement attempt beauty becomes begins Catullus character child clearly close conclusion considered consistent contrast Corydon defined definition Delphis Delphis's demonstrate describes Despite dianoia Dido Dido's dilemma direct drama earlier effect emotional employs entire Euripides example expresses father feelings final follows Galatea Greek hand heroic Homeric immediately initial involves Iphigeneia Jason katholou lack literary lover marriage meaning Medea mihi mother narration nature Nausicaa Odysseus Ovid Ovid's particular passion persona persuasion phrase pity plea poem poet Poetics poetry present problem qualities questions reason refers relationship request reveals rhetorical seduction Simaetha similar situation speaks speech suggests term things tibi tion topics tradition translation wish words young woman Zeus γὰρ δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν μοι τε τὸν