Fulmina illa Ciceronis: Atmospheric Phenomena in the Treatment of the genus grande

This paper analyzes imagery of thunder and lightning-flashes in the description of speech in its powerful and grandiose effects and in the definition of a literary canon in Latin rhetoric. In particular, firstly used in Cicero's rhetorical works and letters on the basis of Greek models and in a...

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Main Author: Benvenuti, Francesca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Wiener Studien
Year: 2025, Volume: 138, Pages: 63-78
IxTheo Classification:TB Antiquity
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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