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Classical Antiquity (2020) 39 (2): 153–187.
Published: 22 December 2020
... a degree of visual immediacy and emotional impact unparalleled among ancient medical writers. This essay considers them as examples of ekphrastic rhetoric, designed to create enargeia . To intensify immediacy and impact, Aretaeus deploys a set of techniques that invite the reader’s active engagement...