Rhetoric of Conspiracy in Ancient Athens

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Roisman! Professor of Classics at Colby College! is author of The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators (UC Press)! among other books. Klappentext "Original and stimulating."-Paul Cartledge! author of Spartan Reflections "This is a work of superior scholarship."-Edwin M. Carawan! author of Rhetoric and the Law of Draco Zusammenfassung The Attic orators often filled their speeches with charges of conspiracy involving almost every facet of Athenian life. This work examines the range and nature of the conspiracy charges. It considers their rhetorical, cultural, and psychological significance.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Roisman, Roisman Joseph
• Assisted by: Joseph Roisman (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2006
• EAN: 9780520247871
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24787-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval