Suada

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Suada is the name of the Roman goddess of gentle persuasion. Today, the term Suada is also used to denote a torrent of words, a large flow of speech that should make a topic pleasant for the contact person.

History and etymology

The namesake Suada or Suadela is the Roman personification of persuasion. The Greeks called it Peitho . The word comes from the Latin verb suadere 'to talk, advise, persuade, convince' (also πείθω as a verb).

According to the Hellenistic poet Hermesianax , Peitho is a grace . According to Aristophanes , she is added instead of Euphrosyne . Pausanias connects the Charites (= graces) with Aphrodite.

When speaking of the speaker's “great Suada”, it usually means that he has not left a sting (unlike Pericles ) in his mind during a verbal impressive talk .

literature

• Andreas Dorschel : Laconic and Suada in Thomas Bernhard's prose . In: Thomas Bernhard Yearbook 2007/08, pages 215–233.

See also

• Philippika , a rather aggressive flow of speech

Web links

Wiktionary: Suada  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Enn.ap.Cic. Brood. 15.59; Sen.14.50; Gell.12.2.3.
2. ↑ Hor. Ep. 1.6.38.
3. ↑ 6.24.7.
4. ↑ See Wilfried Stroh : The power of speech. A little history of rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome. Ullstein , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-550-08753-0 , page 23.