The rhetoric of the past in Demosthenes and Aeschines : oratory, history, and politics in classical Athens

The rhetoric of the past in Demosthenes and Aeschines : oratory, history, and politics in classical Athens / Guy Westwood.

Offering an incisive analysis of all surviving public speeches of contemporaries and bitter rivals Demosthenes and Aeschines, this volume examines how democratic politicians in classical Athens created versions of the city's past to persuade mass decision-making audiences, cement their own auth...

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Main Author: Westwood, Guy, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford classical monographs.
Subjects:
Demosthenes > Criticism and interpretation.
Aeschines > Criticism and interpretation.
Aeschines
Demosthenes
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Rhetoric, Ancient > History and criticism.
Oratory, Ancient > History and criticism.
Political oratory > Greece > History and criticism.
Oratory, Ancient
Political oratory
Politics and government
Rhetoric, Ancient
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government > Early works to 1800.
Greece
Greece > Athens
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
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Summary:Offering an incisive analysis of all surviving public speeches of contemporaries and bitter rivals Demosthenes and Aeschines, this volume examines how democratic politicians in classical Athens created versions of the city's past to persuade mass decision-making audiences, cement their own authority, and compete for public endorsement.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 413 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780192599124
0192599127
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on July 17, 2020).

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