Description
Book SynopsisUsing examples from all of the Athenian orators, this innovative book considers forensic speeches as one of the premier performance genres of Classical Athens, in which vision and visuality played a central role in convincing a jury.
Trade Review… this book should be welcomed as an articulate, thought-provoking exploration of a fascinating and rich topic not hitherto treated in the synoptic compass that O’Connell offers us here. It will be of interest to a wide readership. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
O'Connell's monograph offers refreshing new insights that will help enhance our appreciation of the art of persuasion in Classical Athens. It deserves to be read by a wide audience of specialists and non-specialists. * sehepunkte *
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations of Ancient Authors
- Abbreviations of Modern Editions
- Note on Translations and the Spelling of Greek Names
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Vision and Performance in the Courts of Classical Athens
- Part One: Physical Sight
- Chapter 1. Visual Rhetoric and Visual Evidence
- Chapter 2. The Meanings of Movement
- Part Two: The Language of Demonstration and Visibility
- Chapter 3. Showing and Seeing: The Procedural Terminology of Witnessing
- Chapter 4. Saying as Showing, Hearing as Seeing
- Part Three: Imaginary Sight
- Chapter 5. Visualizing Civic Suffering
- Chapter 6. Shared Spectatorship: Bridging the Gap Between Past and Present and Here and There
- Conclusion
- Appendix of Speeches
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Texts
- General Index
