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Record Nr.

UNISA996441549503316

Titolo

A companion to Greek rhetoric [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ian Worthington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell, 2007

ISBN

1-78268-589-8

1-280-74361-1

9781405171939

0-470-76120-2

1-4051-6557-X

0-470-99716-8

1-4051-7193-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Classificazione

18.43

Altri autori (Persone)

WorthingtonIan

Disciplina

808.0481

Soggetti

Rhetoric, Ancient

Classical literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Oratory, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A COMPANION TO GREEK RHETORIC; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface: For Readers – and Reviewers; Notes; Abbreviations; Speeches of the Attic Orators; Part I Setting the Scene; Part II Rhetoric: A Brief History; Part III Rhetoric and Speeches; Part IV Rhetoric: Political, Social and Intellectual Contexts; Part V Rhetoric and Literature; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium. Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric. Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and



future. All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English.