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EFFETS RHéTORIQUES DE LA RéFUTATION DANS LE CONTRA MANICHOS DE TITUS DE BOSTRA

2013; Classical Association of Canada; Volume: 67; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/phx.2013.0053

1929-4883

Agathe Roman,

Linguistics and language evolution

Titus of Bostra is the fourth-century author of an important work refuting Manichaeism. In this article I examine the way in which Titus used rhetoric in the service of polemic, integrating numerous images to represent the followers of Manichaeism in a negative light and to show that it was not viable.