The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric - A Study of the Speeches in Herodotus' Histories with Special Attention to Books 5-9

In The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric, Vasiliki Zali offers a fresh assessment of Herodotus' rhetorical awareness. Zali explores the ways in which the speeches in Herodotus' final five books emphasize the fragility of Greek unity and the problematic Greco-Persian polarity.

About the author

Vasiliki Zali, Ph.D. (2009) in Classics (University College London), is University Teacher in Ancient Greek Culture and Language at the University of Liverpool. She is co-editor of the forthcoming Brill's Companion to Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Vasiliki Zali
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9789004278967
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27896-7
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: International Studies in the H
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity