Abstract:

This article examines the strategies of self-representation employed by the orator Eumenius in his speech For the Restoration of the Schools, delivered at Lyon before a provincial governor in 298. Eumenius had been magister memoriae at the court of Maximian before being appointed professor at the schools of rhetoric in Autun. In the speech, he asked the governor of Lugdunensis Prima to communicate to the emperors his request that his salary be donated to the upkeep of the schools of rhetoric. This article argues that Eumenius only moved from the imperial court to his professorship reluctantly. He therefore used the occasion of the speech to fashion a new public role for himself within Gallic society. In the oration, Eumenius envisioned his previous position of magister memoriae as the emperor’s voice, following in the footsteps of previous imperial advisors and tutors who employed similar language to define their position. As professor, he promised to share the benefits of his experience by training future generations of Gallic pupils to serve at the imperial court. This self-portrayal was designed to emphasize Eumenius’s success as both an orator and an imperial official, thus consolidating his standing among his Gallic peers, with whom he competed for honors and privileges from the emperors.

摘要：

本文探讨自我代表由演说者尤梅尼斯在讲话中所采用的策略对于学校的恢复，在298尤梅尼斯刺史前里昂发表过魔导师的Memoriae在玛西法院被任命为教授在之前Autun的修辞学校。在演讲中，他问了Lugdunensis Prima的州长向皇帝传达他的要求，即将他的薪水捐赠给修辞学校的保养。本文认为，Eumenius只是勉强地从皇室转到了他的教授职位。因此，他利用演讲之机在高卢社会中为自己塑造了新的公共角色。在祭文，尤梅尼斯设想他以前的位置魔导师的Memoriae作为皇帝的声音，跟随以前的帝国顾问和家庭教师的足迹，他们使用类似的语言来定义自己的位置。作为教授，他承诺将通过培训后代的高卢族学生到帝国法院来分享他的经验所带来的好处。这种自我描绘的目的是强调Eumenius作为演说家和皇室官员的成功，从而巩固了他在高卢同his中的地位，他与之争夺皇帝的荣誉和特权。