The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric : Commentaries on Aphthonius's Progymnasmata

The first volume in the trilogy, published in 1986, introduced and translated the Progymnasmata and some related texts. The 2002 second volume translated various classroom exercises that used the chreia, especially during the third, or rhetorical stage of the curriculum. In this concluding volume, Hock (religion, U. of Southern California) collects and translates six contemporary commentaries. They are by John of Sardis, the P-Scholia, by John Doxapatres, Rhetorica Marciana, by Maximus Planudes, and Matthew Camariotes' epitome of it. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)