On the Ancient Orators
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On the Ancient Orators is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing and evaluating the style and techniques of classical Greek orators.
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| On the Ancient Orators canonical | 5 |
| Dionysius of Halicarnassus' On Lysias | 1 |
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Target entity: On the Ancient Orators Context triple: [Dionysius of Halicarnassus, work, On the Ancient Orators]
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De rhetorica et virtutibus
De rhetorica et virtutibus is a Latin treatise on rhetoric and moral virtues by the Carolingian scholar Alcuin of York, composed as an instructional dialogue for the court of Charlemagne.
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
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Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically outlines the political history and institutional structure of Athens, traditionally attributed to Aristotle or his school.
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E.
Funeral Oration of Pericles
The Funeral Oration of Pericles is a famous speech from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War that praises Athenian democracy and the virtues of its fallen soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Ancient Orators Target entity description: On the Ancient Orators is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing and evaluating the style and techniques of classical Greek orators.
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A.
De rhetorica et virtutibus
De rhetorica et virtutibus is a Latin treatise on rhetoric and moral virtues by the Carolingian scholar Alcuin of York, composed as an instructional dialogue for the court of Charlemagne.
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B.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
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C.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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D.
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution
Aristotle’s Athenian Constitution is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically outlines the political history and institutional structure of Athens, traditionally attributed to Aristotle or his school.
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E.
Funeral Oration of Pericles
The Funeral Oration of Pericles is a famous speech from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War that praises Athenian democracy and the virtues of its fallen soldiers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek prose work
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literary criticism work ⓘ rhetorical treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
define good oratorical style
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distinguish superior and inferior orators ⓘ |
| analyzes | classical Greek oratory ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Atticism ⓘ |
| author | Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| concerns |
criteria of rhetorical excellence
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imitation of classical models ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| critiques | Asianic style of rhetoric ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| evaluates |
oratorical style
ⓘ
persuasive techniques ⓘ |
| evaluativeStance |
anti-Asianic rhetoric
ⓘ
pro-classical ⓘ |
| field |
classical philology
ⓘ
classical rhetoric ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Attic orators
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classical period orators ⓘ |
| genre |
philology
ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | normative evaluation of style ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Augustan period
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linked to:
Augustan age
|
| influenced | later rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose treatise ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Demosthenes
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linked to:
Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches
On Thucydides ⓘ On the Arrangement of Words ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
classical scholars
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historians of rhetoric ⓘ |
| subject |
literary style criticism
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rhetorical technique ⓘ style of Greek orators ⓘ |
| supports | classical Attic style ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
4th century BCE
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5th century BCE ⓘ classical Athens ⓘ |
| tradition | Atticist rhetorical tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
history of Greek literature
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study of ancient rhetoric ⓘ |
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linked to: On the Ancient Orators