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Profession and Performance: Aspects of Oratory in the Greco-Roman World: Volume 123

Profession and Performance: Aspects of Oratory in the Greco-Roman World: Volume 123

Kremmydas, Christos
Rubinstein, Lene
Powell, Jonathan

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Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements, Book 123

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ISBN10: 1905670516
ISBN13: 9781905670512
Publisher: Inst Of Classical Studies
Published: Nov 4 2013
Pages: 140
Language: English
This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical delivery in the Athenian courts and Assembly, including the demands placed on orators by the physical settings. Tempest examines the conceptions of oratorical competence and incompetence, particularly in respect of performance, as they are implied in Cicero's criticisms of the rival prosecutor in the trial of Verres. Papers by Karambelas and Powell look at evidence for the importance of advocacy in the Second Sophistic and the late Roman Empire respectively. In an introduction, the editors discuss recurrent themes connected with the orator's competence and performance, while the final paper of the volume, by Lord Justice Laws, reflects on the continuing relevance of rhetoric in the modern, highly professionalised practice of the law in England.

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