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The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric : A Study of the Speeches in Herodotus' Histories with Special Attention to Books 5-9
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Note on Text and Translations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Architectonics of Speech -- Chapter 1 Allocation of Speech -- 1.1 Modes of Analysis -- 1.2 Greek vs. Greeks -- 1.3 Speech and Power/Authority -- 1.4 Greeks vs. Persians -- Part 2 Speech and Compe...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
: BRILL
, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | International Studies in the History of Rhetoric Ser
v.6 |
| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=1840869 |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric : A Study of the Speeches in Herodotus' Histories with Special Attention to Books 5-9 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Note on Text and Translations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Architectonics of Speech -- Chapter 1 Allocation of Speech -- 1.1 Modes of Analysis -- 1.2 Greek vs. Greeks -- 1.3 Speech and Power/Authority -- 1.4 Greeks vs. Persians -- Part 2 Speech and Competition -- Chapter 2 Debates -- 2.1 General Observations -- 2.2 Language -- 2.3 On the Cusp between Homer and Thucydides -- 2.4 Test Cases -- Part 3 Speech and Typology -- Chapter 3 Alliance Speeches -- 3.1 Literary Tradition and Early Rhetorical Handbooks -- 3.2 Alliance Motifs in Herodotus -- 3.3 Test Cases -- 3.4 Persian Alliances: An Overview -- Chapter 4 Pre-Battle Speeches -- 4.1 The Genre of Pre-Battle Exhortation -- 4.2 Exhortation and Exhortatory Motifs in Literature and Rhetoric -- 4.3 Herodotean Harangues -- 4.4 Function of Exhortations: Case Studies -- 4.5 Harangues and Herodotean Narrative -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index. In The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric, Vasiliki Zali offers a fresh assessment of Herodotus' rhetorical awareness. Zali explores the ways in which the speeches in Herodotus' final five books emphasize the fragility of Greek unity and the problematic Greco-Persian polarity |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (393 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004283589 |
