Persuasion : Greek rhetoric in action / / edited by Ian Worthington

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.00938
• Soggetto topico: Greek literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Rhetoric, Ancient; Persuasion (Rhetoric); Oratory, Ancient; Literary form
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WorthingtonIan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; From orality to rhetoric: an intellectual transformation; Rhetorical means of persuasion; Probability and persuasion: Plato and early Greek rhetoric; Classical rhetoric and modern theories of discourse; Power and oratory in democratic Athens: Demosthenes 21, against Meidias; History and oratorical exploitation; Law and oratory; Epic and rhetoric; Tragedy and rhetoric; Comedy and rhetoric; Philosophy and rhetoric; The Canon of the Ten Attic Orators; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated.
• Titolo autorizzato: Persuasion
• ISBN: 1-280-32125-3; 1-134-89268-3; 0-203-30943-X; 0-203-41840-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450966803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II