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Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise (Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture) by Laurent Pernot is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise (Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture) about?
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, but its role grew exponentially in subsequent p
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- Author
- Laurent Pernot
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292768208
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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