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grbs-14291	Iglesias-Zoido, J. Carlos	Thucydides in the School Rhetoric of the Imperial Period	2012	28	.pdf	application/pdf	10504	420	55	This same confrontation, as a source of rhetorical speeches, was already present in the pro- gymnasmata by Theon, where he quotes as a model of a credible account that given by Thucydides on the first confrontation 62 Amato and Sauterel, in Clio 48 n.8. This also should be seen in relation to the opinions of authors like Cicero or Quin- tilian concerning Thucydides’ speeches, that they would be useful from the viewpoint of content and ideas, but should not be imitated in terms of style.50 These declamations make evident the admiration that Ari- stides felt for the Athenian historian’s speeches, an admiration which he displays quite clearly throughout his writings and which became fundamental to some of his compositions.51 Some of Thucydides’ important speeches served as excuses for the creation of other rhetorical declamations, such as For Peace 48 Cf.	cache/grbs-14291.pdf	txt/grbs-14291.txt