The shape of Herodotean rhetoric : a study of the speeches in Herodotus' Histories with special attention to books 5-9 /

The shape of Herodotean rhetoric : a study of the speeches in Herodotus' Histories with special attention to books 5-9 /

In The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric , Vasiliki Zali offers a fresh assessment of Herodotus' rhetorical awareness. Redressing the usual view that considers Thucydides as a significant jump from earlier authors in the rhetorical tradition, Zali attempts to find a place for Herodotus. The volume e...

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Main Author: Zali, Vasiliki.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric 6.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262430.

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Herodotus. > History.
Rhetoric, Ancient.

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Call Number: D58.H473 Z35 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 Allocation of Speech
  • 2 Debates
  • 3 Alliance Speeches
  • 4 Pre-Battle Speeches
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Passages Cited
  • General Index.