SEPVLCRVM INCANTATVM: tradução e estudo da Declamação Maior 10 atribuída a Quintiliano

Abstract

This research aims at the translation and study of Major Declamation 10 attributed to Quitilian, entitled Enchanted Sepulcher. This rhetorical discourse is part of the Major Declamations, which are made up of 19 controversies written between the centuries II and IV CE. The judicial play has its plot from the accusation of maltreatment made by a woman against her husband. As the reciter explains, the mother claims to have had several nightly encounters with her deceased son, that is, with a supernatural entity, such as a ghost or apparition. After reporting the occurrence to her husband, the latter decides to hire a sorcerer, who allegedly interrupted these visits, imprisoning the child’s soul in the sepulcher. Thus, issues addressed in the present work are both about the compendium and also specifically about the translated text. Thus, the question of collective authorship was discussed in a more comprehensive way, highlighting the declamatory genre, as well as dating and manuscript issues. The analyses of style, composition, and literary correspondences, on the other hand, refer to the Enchanted Sepulcher. Another topic highlighted was the educational aspect of declamations presented in comparisons to modern teaching and in relation to their reception in Renaissance rhetorical teaching. At the end, reflections on the translation process are added.