Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise

by Laurent Pernot

Book Overview

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 other classical genres of rhetoric, epideictic rhetoric remains something of a mystery. It was the least important genre at the start of Greek oratory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477311335
• ISBN13: 9781477311332
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"