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Aphthonius

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Aphthonius (lived c. AD 400)

Greek rhetorician. Born in Antioch, he was a pupil of Libanius. His Progymnasmata, an introduction to the study of rhetoric, was in common use for a thousand years.



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George Kennedy, America's foremost authority on ancient rhetoric, provides accurate, authoritative translations of four handbooks (by Aelius Theon, Hermogenes, Aphthonius Sophistes, and Nicolaus Sophistes) for the teaching of rhetoric in Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric (Society of Biblical Literature, $29.
Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric by Currents in Theology and Mission
In the renaissance the exercises were used throughout the educational systems of Europe, and numerous editions of Aphthonius were printed.
Progymnasmata--an answer for today's rhetorical pedagogy? by Sigrell, Anders / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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