The orator Demades : classical Greece reimagined through rhetoric /

"This is the first monograph in English about Demades, an influential Athenian politician from the fourth century B.C. An orator whose fame outlived him for hundreds of years, he was an acquaintance and collaborator of many political and military leaders of classical Greece, including the Maced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dmitriev, Sviatoslav (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Demades, > approximately 380 B.C.-319 B.C. Rhetoric, Ancient. Oratory, Ancient. Orators > Greece > Athens > Biography. Politicians > Greece > Athens > Biography. Rhétorique ancienne. Éloquence antique. Orateurs > Grèce > Athènes > Biographies. Politiciens > Grèce > Athènes > Biographies. Ancient. HISTORY. World. Orators Oratory, Ancient Politicians Rhetoric, Ancient Greece > Athens Electronic books. Biographies Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Cover
The Orator Demades
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
INTRODUCTION: Approximating the historical Demades
1. Making sense of the evidence
2. Texts and contexts
3. The rhetorical persona of Demades
4. Paideia: education with edification
5. The art of being earnest
6. Demades the politician
7. History, rhetoric, and legends
8. Athenian political rhetoric
9. Demades's last years and words
EPILOGUE: Constructing the rhetorical Demades
APPENDIX: Interpreting ps.-Demades's On the Twelve Years
Abbreviations and select bibliography