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Persuasion : Greek rhetoric in action / edited by Ian Worthington.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Greek literature.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Oratory, Ancient.
- Literary form.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-89267-5
- 1-280-32125-3
- 1-134-89268-3
- 0-203-30943-X
- 0-203-41840-9
- 9780203418406
- OCLC:
- 299512504
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