A synoptic history of classical rhetoric /
Murphy, James Jerome.
Katula, Richard A.
Hoppmann, Michael J.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theories of rhetoric.  The origins of rhetoric in the democracy of Ancient Greece -- Rhetorical consciousness and the rise of the Sophists -- Aristotle's rhetorical theory -- From Greek to "Roman" rhetoric, with synopses of three pragmatic handbooks -- The rhetorical theory of the mature Cicero, with synopses of his major rhetorical works -- Quintilian's place in Roman rhetorical and educational theory, with a synopsis of his Institutio Oratorio -- Epilogue: what happened next? -- Orations for pleasure and practice.  Pericles, The Funeral Oration -- Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid -- Plato, The Apology of Socrates -- Gorgias, Encomium to Helen -- Demosthenes, The First Philippic -- Cicero, The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catiline.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Classical literature