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The Greek orators

The Greek orators

F. Dobson, J.

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral ReferenceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9389247292
ISBN13: 9789389247299
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Athens, speaking was power. Words moved the whole polis. J. F. Dobson guides you into the fierce, practical art of ancient Greek rhetoric, where a citizen's future could hinge on a single performance before the Assembly or the courts. The Greek Orators is a classical studies survey with the sweep of a literary history monograph: it traces how persuasion and civic speech shaped public life, from the rise of professional teachers to the mature masterpieces of the fourth century. Dobson offers a clear rhetoric and oratory overview of the major figures and their styles, setting Athenian courtroom speeches beside deliberative debate and epideictic display. You meet Demosthenes and Isocrates not as marble names, but as rival answers to one question: how should language serve the city? Along the way, this becomes a rhetoric reference guide for reading speeches with sharper ears - argument, rhythm, character, and political purpose - and an Aristotle Rhetoric companion in spirit, showing where theory meets hard civic necessity in classical Greece politics and ancient Athens democracy. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For classics students it works as a dependable textbook; for general readers, an inviting doorway into the world where eloquence governed history. A timeless map of voices that built an empire of ideas, it belongs on the shelf of every classical literature collector today.

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