Maria Teresa Galli

The paper aims to investigate the meaning of the expression σχήματα ἐμπερίβολα in § XIV Περὶ ἐπιστολῶν of the Σύνοψις ῥητορικῆς by Joseph Rakendytes, a Byzantine monk of the 13th-14th cent. The meaning of the iunctura is not clear for the modern reader. However, a comparison of § VI of the Σύνοψις (on σχήματα) with Hermogenes’ remarks on περιβολή is helpful and leads to the assumption that Rakendytes was referring collectively to a whole group of figures, well known to his reader...