Title The rhetoric of the past in Demosthenes and Aeschines : oratory, history, and politics in classical Athens / Guy Westwood

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (x, 413 pages) Series Oxford classical monographs series Oxford classical monographs. Summary Offering an incisive analysis of all surviving public speeches of contemporaries and bitter rivals Demosthenes and Aeschines, this volume examines how democratic politicians in classical Athens created versions of the city's past to persuade mass decision-making audiences, cement their own authority, and compete for public endorsement Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on July 17, 2020) Subject Demosthenes -- Criticism and interpretation Aeschines -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Aeschines fast Demosthenes fast Subject Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- History and criticism Rhetoric, Ancient -- History and criticism Oratory, Ancient -- History and criticism Political oratory -- Greece -- History and criticism Oratory, Ancient Political oratory Politics and government Rhetoric, Ancient Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800 Subject Greece Greece -- Athens Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192599124 0192599127

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