A Companion to Greek Rhetoric
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This Companion is the most comprehensive treatment of ancient Greek rhetoric available. Designed primarily for readers approaching the subject for the first time, it traces the history of rhetoric from Homer to Byzantium. It provides an overview of rhetorical theory and practice, offers accounts of the most important orators and rhetoricians, and considers rhetoric in a number of historical, social, political, intellectual, and literary contexts.
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
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
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