Creating the Ancient Rhetorical Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781108836562 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 292 str.

Laura Viidebaum

Opis

A new account of the emergence of the ancient rhetorical tradition, from Classical Athens to Augustan Rome.

Recenzje

'This book is a must-read for anyone wrestling with Plato's relationship with rhetoric (a perennial vexation), anyone intrigued by Lysias's unlikely tenacity (a minor feeling, perhaps), anyone longing for Isocrates to be taken seriously (a periodic desire), or anyone who has decided they can no longer put off reading more about Dionysius of Halicarnassus (an increasingly popular judgment).' Michele Kennerly, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Part I. Lysias, Isocrates and Plato: Ancient Rhetoric in Athens: 1. Lysias in Athens; 2. Reflections on Lysias and Lysianic rhetoric in the fourth century BCE; 3. Isocrates and his work on rhetoric and philosophy; 4. Isocrates on Socrates; 5. Contemporary reflections on Isocrates and his role in rhetoric and philosophy; Part II. Creating the Ancient Rhetorical Tradition: Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Rome: 6. From Athens to Rome: Lysias, Isocrates, and the transmission of Greek rhetoric and philosophy; 7. Dionysius of Halicarnassus on Lysias, rhetoric and style; 8. Isocrates and philosophy in Dionysius of Halicarnassus' rhetorical writings.