A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Worthington, Ian

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

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2006-12-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781405125512

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Dimensions: 254.0cm x180.3cm

Pages: 632.0