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SUMMARY:Workshop: Sviatoslav Dmitriev, with a response from Matthew Ward
DESCRIPTION:<p><span>Sviatoslav Dmitriev (Ball State), "Homer and the Rhetorical Tradition" with a response from Matthew Ward (Cambridge)</span></p><ul><li data-list-item-id="ec5dd465b1adf92c46c2da400618d6f97"><p><strong>Abstract</strong>:&nbsp;Although ancient and Byzantine authors did not consistently credit Homer as the founder of rhetoric, Homeric poetry served as a foundational resource for rhetorical theory, education, and practice. Rhetorical manuals, grammarians, and critics treated Homer as a master of techniques later codified in the handbooks, such as characterization and&nbsp;<em>ekphrasis</em>. Across centuries, this reception constructed Homer not merely as a poet but as a paradigmatic authority across rhetorical sub-genres. This paper provides two more illustrations of the rhetorical significance of Homeric poems, offering a new interpretation of the role of Circe, Calypso, and Leucothea in&nbsp;<em>The Odyssey</em>, a popular topic in ancient and modern works, and tracing how the image of the all-wise Homer supported rhetoric’s claim to universal application.</p><hr></li></ul><p><span>2025–2026 Works in progress talk (organizers: Jackie Arthur-Montagne and Giulia Maltagliati)</span></p>
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