Antidosis of Isocrates: a study on the genres of speech

• Grant number: 12/18430-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: July 10, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Languages
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes
• Grantee: Ticiano Curvelo Estrela de Lacerda
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project concerns the study and the translation into Portuguese of Isocrates' speech Antidosis (436-338 BC) written around 353 BC. It is one of his last published works and the longest one (323 paragraphs), in which the author presents a defense of his pedagogical activity advanced in forth century BC. In other words, the speech constitutes a synopsis of several moments of Isocrates' life as educator, as well as of his political and philosophical thought, with direct quotations of others speeches - namely, Panegyricus, To Nicocles and On the Peace. Moreover, Isocrates resumes in Antidosis his criticism of the sophists - especially the eristics - and their pedagogical practices, which he has advanced in previous speeches, such as Against the Sophists and Helen, in order to corroborate the defense of his paideia.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LACERDA, Ticiano Curvelo Estrela de. The metadiscoursive reflections in the speech Antidosis of Isocrates. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.