Abstract
This article argues that Aelius Aristides adapts the wordatopos(‘strange’, ‘out of place’) as figured speech in hisEmbassy Speech to Achilles, meaning something that is either illogical according to rhetoricaltopoior inconsistent with the text of Homer'sIliad. By doing so, he not only expands the semantic range ofatoposbut also comments on the rhetorical, intertextual, and pedagogical relationship between oratory and the Homeric tradition.
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