SOURCE: "A Greek Professorial Circle at Rome," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. XCII, 1961, pp. 168-92.

In the following essay, Goold explores what can be determined about the author of On Style and its date of composition, arguing against some of G. M. A. Grube's positions (see previous excerpt).

To establish beyond a shadow of doubt the date and authorship of the tractates On the Sublime and On Style is a task which has long defied—and in all probability will continue to defy—the best endeavors of scholarship. But the seeker after truth is a detective, not a magistrate; and like a detective, he will often feel satisfied that he has solved a case, though fully aware that the evidence is highly circumstantial and will not convince all of the jury. Of such a nature is the present inquiry. Nevertheless, the matter has been...