Hellenistic oratory : continuity and change /

Hellenistic oratory : continuity and change /

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Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- History and criticism. Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism. Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek. Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12013989

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Other authors / contributors:	Kremmydas, Christos. Tempest, Kathryn.
ISBN:	9780191625381 0191625388 9780199654314 019965431X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-406) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This collection of 14 essays explores the pervasive influence and dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially the dialogue between the Greek oratorical tradition and the developing oratorical practices at Rome.
Other form:	Print version: Hellenistic oratory 9780199654314

Table of Contents:

Part I: Hellenistic oratory in rhetorical theory and literature
Part II: Oratory in the hellenistic schools and assemblies
Part III: Continuity and convergence: from Greece to Rome.