Hellenistic oratory : continuity and change / edited by Christos Kremmydas and Kathryn Tempest.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kremmydas, Christos.

Tempest, Kathryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oratory.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of 14 essays explores the pervasive influence and dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially the dialogue between the Greek oratorical tradition and the developing oratorical practices at Rome.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""A Note on Abbreviations""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction: Exploring Hellenistic Oratory""; ""PART I: HELLENISTIC ORATORY IN RHETORICAL THEORY AND LITERATURE""; ""1. Oratory in Polybius� Histories""; ""2. Dionysius and Isaeus""; ""3. The Art of Persuasion in Jason�s Speeches: Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica""; ""4. Praise and Persuasion: The Role of Rhetoric in Theocritus� Poetry""; ""5. Rhetoric in (the other) Menander""; ""6. Rhetorical Actors and Other Versatile Hellenistic Vocalists""

""PART II: ORATORY IN THE HELLENISTIC SCHOOLS AND ASSEMBLIES""""7. Hellenistic Oratory and the Evidence of Rhetorical Exercises""; ""8. Spoken Words, Written Submissions, and Diplomatic Conventions: The Importance and Impact of Oral Performance in Hellenistic Inter-polis Relations""; ""9. Paradoxon, Enargeia, Empathy: Hellenistic Decrees and Hellenistic Oratory""; ""PART III: CONTINUITY AND CONVERGENCE: FROM GREECE TO ROME""; ""10. The Embassy of the Three Philosophers to Rome in 155 BC""; ""11. Stertinian Rhetoric: Pre-Imperial Stoic Theory and Practice of Public Discourse""

""12. Oratory on the Stage in Republican Rome""""13. Hellenistic Oratory at Rome: Cicero�s Pro Marcello""; ""14. Hellenistic Oratory and Paul of Tarsus""; ""Afterword: Hellenistic Oratory in Context""; ""Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""; ""Index of Passages Discussed""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""X""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-162538-8

OCLC:

922971881