Epideictic Rhetoric Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise

• Main Author: Pernot, Laurent
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Austin University of Texas Press 2015
• Edition: 1
• Series: Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
• Subjects: Ancient & Classical; Blame in literature; History and criticism; Language & Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM; Oratory, Ancient; Praise in literature; Rhetoric, Ancient; Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek; Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek-History and criticism; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin-History and criticism

Speeches of praise and blame constituted a form of oratory put to brilliant and creative use in the classical Greek period (fifth to fourth century BC) and the Roman imperial period (first to fourth century AD), and they have influenced public speakers through all the succeeding ages. Yet unlike the...