A Companion to Greek Rhetoric by Ian Worthington - 9781444334142

A Companion to Greek RhetoricAuthor(s): Ian Worthington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781444334142, 978-1444334142\nSynopsis\nThis complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.\n\nTraces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium\nCovers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion\nIncorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric\nDiscusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future\nAll quotations from ancient sources are translated into English