Pro Sulla §§18–19 demonstrates a tactic of self-depiction unique in Cicero's speeches; the orator represents an internal dialogue in which his natural kindness towards the Catilinarian Autronius is overcome by arguments that his audience can recognize as the prosecutor's stock tactics of emotional amplification prescribed in De Inventione. By ostentatiously persuading himself to sternness with the stock appeals designed to persuade a normative audience, the orator can justify his actions against the Catilinarians while asserting that his essential nature is kind and compassionate. This tactic is both essential for Cicero's persuasive strategy and useful for his broader self-depiction for the reading audience of the speech.

Pro Sulla §§18–19 demonstrates a tactic of self-depiction unique in Cicero’s speeches; the orator represents an internal dialogue in which his natural kindness towards the Catilinarian Autronius is overcome by arguments that his audience can recognize as the prosecutor’s stock tactics of emotional amplification prescribed in De Inventione. By ostentatiously persuading himself to sternness with the stock appeals designed to persuade a normative audience, the orator can justify his actions against the Catilinarians while asserting that his essential nature is kind and compassionate. This tactic is both essential for Cicero’s persuasive strategy and useful for his broader self-depiction for the reading audience of the speech.

Research Article| November 01 1994 Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory Arm Vasaly, Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory (Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1993), xii + 301 pp. Christopher P. Craig Christopher P. Craig Department of Classics, 710 McClung Tower, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0471, USA. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (1994) 12 (4): 455–456. https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1994.12.4.455 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Christopher P. Craig; Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory. Rhetorica 1 November 1994; 12 (4): 455–456. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1994.12.4.455 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1994, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric1994 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| November 01 1989 Reason, Resonance, and Dilemma in Cicero's Speech for Caelius Christopher P. Craig Christopher P. Craig Department of Classics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (1989) 7 (4): 313–328. https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1989.7.4.313 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Christopher P. Craig; Reason, Resonance, and Dilemma in Cicero's Speech for Caelius. Rhetorica 1 November 1989; 7 (4): 313–328. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1989.7.4.313 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1989, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric1989 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.