A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Ian Worthington

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 15, 2008 - Literary Criticism - 640 pages

This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.

• Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium
• Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion
• Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric
• Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future
• All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English

About the author

Ian Worthington is Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. His previous publications include Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator (2000), Alexander the Great: A Reader (2003), and a biography, Alexander the Great: Man and God (2004).

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Companion to Greek Rhetoric; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Editor: Ian Worthington
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008
• ISBN: 1405171936, 9781405171939
• Length: 640 pages
• Subjects: History / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical