{"product_id":"a-companion-to-greek-rhetoric-9781405125512","title":"A Companion to Greek Rhetoric","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e contains strong contributions.... Andrew Erskine's excellent chapter on the practical side of Hellenistic rhetoric; and Teresa Moragn manages a broad coverage of rhetoric and education.\" (\u003ci\u003eGreece \u0026amp; Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"Exploring rhetoric from a variety of sociohistorical and thematic contexts from the Homeric to the Byzantine period, this companion sets a standard that should serve the discipline for some years to come.\" \u003ci\u003e(Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The editor…has provided us with a fresh overview of important areas…in chapters that bristle with information and insight. The volume has been well edited.” \u003ci\u003e(Bryn Mawr Classical Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A well planned and constructed volume is presented in an equally well-constructed series [\u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companions to the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e].\" \u003ci\u003e(Reference Reviews)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: For Readers – and Reviewers x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeeches of the Attic Orators xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Setting the Scene 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Rhetorical Questions 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Schiappa and Jim Hamm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Modern Interpretations of Classical Greek Rhetoric 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTakis Poulakos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Rhetoric: A Brief History 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Background and Origins: Oratory and Rhetoric before the Sophists 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Gagarin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gorgias the Sophist and Early Rhetoric 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeroen A.E. Bons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Alcidamas 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Isocrates 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTerry L. Papillon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Plato’s Rhetoric 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarvey Yunis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Rhetoric to Alexander 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eP. Chiron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW.W. Fortenbaugh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Hellenistic Rhetoric in Theory and Practice 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Vanderspoel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The New World Order: Greek Rhetoric in Rome 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoy Connolly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Rhetoric in Byzantium 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Jeffreys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Rhetoric and Speeches 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Parts of the Speech 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael de Brauw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Forensic Oratory 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Symbouleutic Oratory 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Usher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Epideictic Oratory 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Carey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Rhetoric: Political, Social and Intellectual Contexts 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Rhetoric and Politics in Classical Greece: Rise of the Rhe¯tores 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Worthington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Rhetoric and Persuasion in the Hellenistic World: Speaking up for the Polis 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Erskine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Rhetoric and the Law 286\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames P. Sickinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rhetoric and Education 303\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTeresa Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Rhetoric and Religion 320\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKen Dowden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Rhetoric and Language 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. Lopez Eire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Rhetoric and Logic 350\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Rhetoric and Knowledge 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTobias Reinhardt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rhetoric and Ethics from the Sophists to Aristotle 378\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane M. Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Rhetoric, Manliness and Contest 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Roisman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Rhetoric and Emotion 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Rhetoric and Literature 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Right Rhetoric in Homer 429\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHanna M. Roisman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Hesiod’s Rhetorical Art 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJenny Strauss Clay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Acts of Persuasion in Hellenistic Epic: Honey-Sweet Words in Apollonius 458\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnatole Mori\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Rhetoric and Tragedy: Weapons of Mass Persuasion 473\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarianne McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Attic Comedy and the Development of Theoretical Rhetoric 490\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas K. Hubbard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Rhetoric and Lyric Poetry 509\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam H. Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Rhetoric and the Novel: Sex, Lies and Sophistic 526\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Rhetoric and Historiography 542\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Fox and Niall Livingstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 562\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 594\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039413272919,"sku":"9781405125512","price":147.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405125512.jpg?v=1750943617","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-greek-rhetoric-9781405125512","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}