Hellenistic Oratory
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 May 2013
- ISBN 9780199654314
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages432 pages
- Size 222x154x28 mm
- Weight 642 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This collection of fourteen 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.
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Hellenistic oratory remains an elusive subject as not one Greek speech has survived from the end of the fourth century BC until the beginning of the first century AD. This collection of fourteen interdisciplinary essays offers a wide-ranging study of the different ways in which Hellenistic oratory can be approached.
Written by a team of leading scholars in the field, it examines the different kinds of evidence which shed light on the dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period. All essays stress the pervasive influence of Hellenistic oratory 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.
The volume opens with a detailed introduction, which sets the study of Hellenistic oratory within the context of current trends in Hellenistic history and rhetoric, and closes with an afterword which underlines the vibrancy and sophistication of oratory during this period. It will appeal to all students and scholars of Hellenistic history, society, and the history of rhetoric.
Table of Contents:
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: Exploring Oratory in the Hellenistic World
PART ONE: HELLENISTIC ORATORY IN RHETORICAL THEORY AND LITERATURE
Oratory in Polybius Histories
Dionysius and Isaeus
The Art of Persuasion in Jason's Speeches: Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica
Praise and Persuasion: The Role of Rhetoric in Theocritus Poetry
Rhetoric in (the other) Menander
Rhetorical Actors and Other Versatile Hellenistic Vocalists
PART TWO: ORATORY IN THE HELLENISTIC SCHOOLS AND ASSEMBLIES
Hellenistic Oratory and the Evidence of Rhetorical Exercises
Spoken Words, Written Submissions, and Diplomatic Conventions: The Importance and Impact of Oral Performance in Hellenistic Inter-polis Relations
Paradoxon, Enargeia, Empathy: Hellenistic Decrees and Hellenistic Oratory
PART THREE: CONTINUITY AND CONVERGENCE: FROM GREECE TO ROME
The Embassy of the Three Philosophers to Rome in 155 BC
Stertinian Rhetoric: Pre-Imperial Stoic Theory and Practice of Public Discourse
Oratory on the Stage in Republican Rome
Hellenistic Oratory at Rome: Cicero's Pro Marcello
Hellenistic Oratory and Paul of Tarsus
Afterword:
Hellenistic Oratory in Context
Bibliography
Index
