Greek declamation and the Roman empire /

A Greek declamation was an 'imaginary speech,' a fictitious speech composed for a rhetorical scenario set in classical Greece. Although such speeches began as rhetorical exercises, under the high Roman empire they developed into a full-blown prestigious genre in their own right. This first...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Guast, William Edward, 1987- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:	Greek culture in the Roman world.
Subjects:	Rhetoric, Ancient. Oratory, Ancient. Greek literature > History and criticism. Latin literature > Greek influences.