Speaking for the Polis
Author | : Takis Poulakos |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 1570031770 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781570031779 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Download or read book Speaking for the Polis written by Takis Poulakos and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illumining Isocrates' effort to reformulate sophistic conceptions of rhetoric on the basis of the intellectual and political debates of his time, Poulakos contends that the father of humanistic studies and rival educator of Plato crafted a version of rhetoric that gave the art an important new role in the ethical and political activities of Athens.