The orator in action and theory in Greece and Rome / edited by Cecil W. Wooten.
| Other author | Wooten, Cecil W., 1945- |
| Other author | Kennedy, George A. (George Alexander), 1928-2022 |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001. |
| Description | xvii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 224 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 224. ^A492133 |
| Contents | How good should an orator be? / Øivind Andersen -- What the laws have prejudged : [Paragrafē] and early issue theory / Edwin Carawan -- The superfluous bag : rhetoric and display in the Histories of Herodotus / Sheile Murnaghan -- Rhetoric, art, and myth : Isocrates and Busiris / Terry L. Papillon -- Julius Caesar, the orator of paradox / A.D. Leeman -- Shifting charge and shifty argument in Cicero's Speech for Sestius / Christopher Craig -- Cicero's Pro Milone / James M. May -- Returning to Tacitus' Dialogus / Michael Winterbottom -- Firgured speeches : "Dionysius," Art of rhetoric, VIII-IX / D.A. Russell. |
| General note | Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Oct. 1998, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in honor of George Kennedy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001043199 |
| ISBN | 9004122133 (acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PA3038 .O73 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |