{"id":771,"date":"2024-11-11T21:48:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/history-of-cds\/?page_id=771"},"modified":"2024-11-11T21:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T21:48:46","slug":"progymnasmata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/history-of-cds\/middle-ages\/medieval-greek-east-byzantium\/progymnasmata\/","title":{"rendered":"Progymnasmata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Progymnasmata was a set of rudimentary exercises designed to prepare students of rhetoric for the creation and performance of orations. Following the stage of progymnasmata, the student engaged in gymnasmata<\/em> and then in their own declamations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 14 progymasmata, some of which involve exercises on different parts of a typical oration, others involved practice on different oratory genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 14 Progymnasmata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following 14 progymnasmata are taught in order, with similar ones grouped together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Fable<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Narrative<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Chreia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Proverb<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Refutation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Confirmation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Commonplace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Encomium<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Vituperation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Comparison<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Impersonation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Description<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Thesis or Theme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Defend \/ Attack a Law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Related Figures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n