Les Progymnasmata en pratique, de l'antiquité à nos jours. Copte the thirst

the thirst

by Jacqueline de Romilly I

Where are we going

La Réforme protestante puis la Contre-Réforme catholique et enfin les « valeurs bourgeoises du XIXe siècle le tiennent en peu d’estime

Georges Mélies

Les Progymnasmata en pratique, de l'antiquité à nos jours. Copte the thirstThe progymnasmata (preparatory rhetorical exercises) are a set of speech forms considered fundamental and complementary: in the most widespread list (that of Aphthonios), there are twelve of them: the fable, the story, the chria, the maxim, the contestation (and confirmation), the commonplace, the praise (and blame), the parallel, the ethopoeia, the description, the thesis and the proposition of law. Organized in a progressive series, supplemented by