A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Ian Worthington

Wiley, Dec 11, 2006 - Literary Criticism - 632 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; Volume 16 of Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Editor: Ian Worthington
• Publisher: Wiley, 2006
• ISBN: 1405125519, 9781405125512
• Length: 632 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical