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A companion to Greek rhetoric / edited by Ian Worthington.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric, Ancient--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Classical literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Classical literature.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
- Oratory, Ancient--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Oratory, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (635 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782685890
- 1782685898
- 9781280743610
- 1280743611
- 9780470761205
- 0470761202
- 9781405165570
- 140516557X
- 9780470997161
- 0470997168
- 9781405171939
- 1405171936
- OCLC:
- 255651890
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