An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric: Essential ReadingsAn anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectual factors that influenced the development and growth of rhetoric during the classical period.
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Contents
Classical Greek Rhetoric | 7 |
War | 29 |
The Stage Is Set | 36 |
The Sophists | 51 |
Study Questions | 74 |
Study Questions | 92 |
Plato on Philosophy and Rhetoric | 108 |
Aristotle and the Systemization of Rhetoric | 222 |
Classical Roman Rhetoric | 271 |
Cicero and the Latinization of Greek Rhetoric | 316 |
Horace and the Revival of Poetry | 376 |
Quintilian the Educator | 392 |
Libanius and Augustine | 416 |
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Sources | 536 |
Writing Topics | 270 |
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