Greek Orators IV: Andocides - 9780856685286

Andocides Andocides v 4 Classical Texts Aris Phillips Classical Texts\nby M. Edwards\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: M. Edwards\nTitle: Andocides Andocides v 4 Classical Texts Aris Phillips Classical Texts\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press\nPublication year: 1995\nISBN-13: 9780856685286\nISBN-10: 0856685283\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nRational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies enjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best of them have great vitality.\n\nRatio.