AN ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY STRUCTURE AND FORMS IN THE PROTREPTICUS AND PAIDAGOGUS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (DIATRIBE, MUSONIUS, PHILOLOGY)

Clement of Alexandria's Protrepticus and Paidagogus are believed to be compositions written with the Stromateis in a literary relationship. A review of the scholarly research, however, shows that recently the traditional trilogy theory has been called into question.; References in the Protrepticus or Paidagogus do not openly state Clement's intention to write such a trilogy. The theory is actually the result of a tradition from Photius and the seventeenth century editor Daniel Heinsius. Therefore, the Protrepticus and Paidagogus require analysis without the trilogy theory as a presupposition of composition.; The study begins with an analysis of the Protrepticus. Although this composition appears to adhere to traditional protreptic form and structure of epideictic oratory, it also contains some oddities. Chief among these are the shifts in verb tense and the use of first and second person singular and first and second person plural pronouns. By registering the frequency of these pronouns on a chart, it can be recognized that literary structure is developed in this composition around these shifts. The chart also helps illustrate that this text is in fact a compilation of six epideictic sub-forms which have been joined together with other materials.; In the Paidagogus the phenomenon of shifts of singular and plural pronouns continues. Again, charts are provided which graphically show the patterns of construction. It is known that Books Two and Three of the Paidagogus are heavily influenced by the diatribes of Musonius. The charts for Books Two and Three show a structure much different than that of Book One. This can only be accounted for by the underlying diatribe sources of Musonius in Books Two and Three. Although no independent sub-forms are detected as in the Protrepticus, Books Two and Three of the Paidagogus are structurally more similar to the Protrepticus than to Book One.; The study concludes that the sub-forms in the Protrepticus and the literary structure in Book Two and Book Three of the Paidagogus are probably evidence of a stage of construction in which Clement utilized the diatribe form as stylistic literary tool. It is postulated that beyond the stage in which the diatribe form was utilized, redaction occurred in three other stages. These three stages help account for the significant incongruencies in the literary structure of both compositions.