Artemon (rhetorician)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek writer of the 2nd century BCE}}

{{other people|Artemon}}

Artemon ({{langx|grc|Ἀρτέμων}}) was a rhetorician of ancient Greece who seems to have lived during the early period of the Roman Empire. It is said that he lived during the reign of either Augustus or Tiberius.{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Joseph |title=The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-61640-069-9 |location=New York, NY |pages=184 |language=en}} His works are mentioned several times by Seneca the Elder who has also preserved some fragments of his.Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae 1Seneca the Elder, Controversiae i. 6, 7, ii. 9, 11, iii. 16, iv. 25, v. 30, 33 Some of his theories on composition were also refuted by other rhetoricians such as Demetrius.{{Cite book |last=Ceccarelli |first=Paola |title=Ancient Greek Letter Writing: A Cultural History (600 BC- 150 BC) |publisher=OUP Oxford |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-19-967559-3 |location=Oxford, UK |pages=3 |language=en}} Artemon, who edited some of Aristotle's correspondence, believed that a letter should be written like one side of a dialogue."{{Cite book |last=Remer |first=Gary |title=Humanism and the Rhetoric of Toleration |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |year=1996 |isbn=0-271-02811-4 |pages=29 |language=en}} Demetrius recommended a simpler format, devoid of interruptions and didactic style.