Profession and performance : aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman world

Profession and performance aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman world

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 conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: University of London. Institute of Classical Studies (-)
Otros Autores: Kremmydas, Christos, editor (editor), Powell, J. G. F., editor, Rubinstein, Lene, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of London 2013.
Colección:Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement ; 123.
Materias:
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Oratory, Ancient > History and criticism.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Jonathan Powell, Lene Rubinstein, and Christos Kremmydas
  • Hypokritēs in action: delivery in Greek rhetoric / Mike Edwards
  • Performing the speech in Athenian courts and assembly: adjusting the act to fit the bēma? / Victor Bers
  • Staging a prosecution: aspects of performance on Cicero's Verrines / Kathryn Tempest
  • Synēgoroi as 'healers' in the social imagination of the Imperial age / Dimitris Karambelas
  • The exploits of Honorius: evidence for Roman advocacy in the time of Justinian / Jonathan Powell
  • The rhetoric of the Common Law / Sir John Laws
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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