Profession and Performance
Subtitle: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman world
Contributors: Powell, Jonathan; Rubinstein, Lene; Kremmydas, Christos; Powell, Jonathan; Rubinstein, Lene
Publisher: University of London Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Description: This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical delivery in the Athenian courts and Assembly, including the demands placed on orators by the physical settings. Tempest examines the conceptions of oratorical competence and incompetence, particularly in respect of performance, as they are implied in Cicero.
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