University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
FLIT 150 | Gateways to Western Civilization: Greece and Rome
Academic year:

2010
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201

Pages:

2
Author:

Eddie Mcgee

THEON'S BIOGRAPHICAL THEORY THEON the Rhetorician, in his Progymnastica (2nd half of 1st cent. A.D.) gives a scheme for preparing material for a biographical encomiastic treatment. I. EXTERNAL EXCELLENCES OF THE SUBJECT: • (1) NOBLE BIRTH • (2) ENVIRONMENT (a) The native city (b) Fellow citizens (c) City's political organization (d) Parents and family situation • (3) PERSONAL ADVANTAGES: (a) Education (b) Friends (c) Fame (d) Public services (e) Wealth (f) Children (g) Death (happy) II. BODILY EXCELLENCES OF THE SUBJECT: • • • • (1) Health (2) Strength (3) Beauty (4) Vitality and Capacity for deep feeling III. SPIRITUAL & INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCES OF THE SUBJECT: • (1) VIRTUES: (a) Wisdom (b) Temperance (c) Courage (d) Justice (e) Piety (f) Nobility (g) Sense of greatness • (2) RESULTS OF VIRTUE: (a) in terms of objectives: (1) Altruism (2) Pursuit of good, not of utility or pleasure (3) Public interest (4) Braving risks and dangers (b) in terms of circumstances: (1) Timely (2) Original (3) Done alone (4) Done more than others (5) Few or no helpers (6) Maturity

Theon’s Biographical Theory

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