The Law of Ancient Athens
Author: David Phillips
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013-10-14
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 0472035916
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Lives of the Attic Orators
Author: Joseph Roisman
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 0199687676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators given by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda. Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorical and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates, and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in the ancient lives.
Discourse Cohesion in Ancient Greek
Author: Stéphanie J. Bakker
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9004174729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCentral in this volume of the 6th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics is the question how cohesion is created in Ancient Greek texts. The contributions to the volume either discuss the various cohesive devices that occur in a specific text or focus on the use and function of a particular cohesion device in a larger corpus. Apart from the use of pronomina and particles, less standard cohesive devices, like the use of tense and the grammatical form of complements, are taken into consideration. The result is a volume that gives a good impression of recent research in the field of Greek linguistics, not only of interest for classical scholars, but also for general linguists interested in discourse coherence cnd cohesion. Contributors include: Rutger J. Allan, St phanie J. Bakker, Louis Basset, Anna Bonifazi, Annemieke Drummen, Marietje (A.M.) van Erp Taalman Kip, Coulter H. George, Luuk Huitink, Sander Orriens, Annemieke van der Plaat, Antonio Revuelta, Albert Rijksbaron and Gerry C. Wakker.
The Rhetoric of Conspiracy in Ancient Athens
Author: Joseph Roisman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2006-11-07
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 0520247876
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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
Greek Oratory
Author: Stephen Usher
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1999-07-01
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 0191584770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpeakers address audiences in the earliest Greek literature, but oratory became a distinct genre in the late fifth century and reached its maturity in the fourth. This book traces the development of its techniques by examining the contribution made by each orator. Dr Usher makes the speeches come alive for the reader through an in-depth analysis of the problems of composition and the likely responses of contemporary audiences. His study differs from previous books in its recognition of the richness of the early tradition which made innovation difficult, however, the orators are revealed as men of remarkable talent, versatility, and resource. Antiphon's pioneering role, Lysias' achievement of balance between the parts of the speech, the establishment of oratory as a medium of political thought by Demosthenes and Isocrates, and the individual characteristics of other orators - Andocides, Isaeus, Lycurgus, Hyperides, Dinarchus and Apollodorus - together make a fascinating study in evolution; while the illustrative texts of the orators (which are translated into English) include some of the liveliest and most moving passages in Greek literature.
Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens
Author: Nikolaos Papazarkadas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-10-13
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 0199694001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally presented as the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2004.
The Concept of News in Ancient Greek Literature
Author: Raquel Fornieles
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2022-12-05
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 3111022951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of news that we have today is not a modern invention, but rather a social and cultural institution that has been passed down to us by the Greeks as a legacy. This concept is only modified by the social, political, and economic conditions that make our society different from theirs. In order to understand what was considered news in Ancient Greece, a lexical study of ἄγγελος and all of its derivatives attested in a representative corpus of the period spanning from the second millennium BC to the end of the fourth BC has been conducted. This piece of research provides new contributions both to studies in Classics (there are hardly any studies on the transmission of news in Antiquity) and in journalism. This study also reveals an interesting point: the presence of false news – similar to current fake news – in ancient Greek literature, especially in tragedy and historiography when it comes to the use of the derivatives of ἄγγελος.
Fifty Key Classical Authors
Author: Alison Sharrock
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1134709773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is a vital tool for all students of classical civilization.
Suspense in Ancient Greek Literature
Author: Ioannis M. Konstantakos
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2021-02-22
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 311071552X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe use of suspense in ancient literature attracts increasing attention in modern scholarship, but hitherto there has been no comprehensive work analysing the techniques of suspense through the various genres of the Classical literary canon. This volume aspires to fill such a gap, exploring the phenomenon of suspense in the earliest narrative writings of the western world, the literature of the ancient Greeks. The individual chapters focus on a wide range of poetic and prose genres (epic, drama, historiography, oratory, novel, and works of literary criticism) and examine the means by which ancient authors elicited emotions of tense expectation and fearful anticipation for the outcome of the story, the development of the plot, or the characters' fate. A variety of theoretical tools, from narratology and performance studies to psychological and cognitive approaches, are exploited to study the operation of suspense in the works under discussion. Suspenseful effects are analysed in a double perspective, both in terms of the artifices employed by authors and with regard to the responses and experiences of the audience. The volume will be useful to classical scholars, narratologists, and literary historians and theorists.
