Taming democracy : models of political rhetoric in classical Athens /

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How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three-historian, philosoph...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yunis, Harvey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©1996.
Series:Rhetoric & society.
Subjects:
To 146 B.C.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Democracy > Greece.
Rhétorique ancienne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Democracy
Politics and government
Rhetoric, Ancient
Retorica.
Letterkunde.
Griekse oudheid.
Politiek.
Politikk.
Retorikk.
Aten.
Antikken.
Rhétorique antique.
Démocratie > Grèce.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Greece > Politics and government > To 146 B.C.
Grèce > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece
Greece > Athens
Athènes (Grèce) > Politique et gouvernement.
Grèce > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 146 av. j. > c.
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