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<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p> <p>Preface: For Readers – and Reviewers x</p> <p>Notes xii</p> <p>Abbreviations xiii</p> <p>Speeches of the Attic Orators xiv</p> <p><b>Part I Setting the Scene 1</b></p> <p>1 Rhetorical Questions 3<br /><i>Edward Schiappa and Jim Hamm</i></p> <p>2 Modern Interpretations of Classical Greek Rhetoric 16<br /><i>Takis Poulakos</i></p> <p><b>Part II Rhetoric: A Brief History 25</b></p> <p>3 Background and Origins: Oratory and Rhetoric before the Sophists 27<br /><i>Michael Gagarin</i></p> <p>4 Gorgias the Sophist and Early Rhetoric 37<br /><i>Jeroen A.E. Bons</i></p> <p>5 Alcidamas 47<br /><i>Michael Edwards</i></p> <p>6 Isocrates 58<br /><i>Terry L. Papillon</i></p> <p>7 Plato’s Rhetoric 75<br /><i>Harvey Yunis</i></p> <p>8 The Rhetoric to Alexander 90<br /><i>P. Chiron</i></p> <p>9 Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric 107<br /><i>W.W. Fortenbaugh</i></p> <p>10 Hellenistic Rhetoric in Theory and Practice 124<br /><i>John Vanderspoel</i></p> <p>11 The New World Order: Greek Rhetoric in Rome 139<br /><i>Joy Connolly</i></p> <p>12 Rhetoric in Byzantium 166<br /><i>Elizabeth Jeffreys</i></p> <p><b>Part III Rhetoric and Speeches 185</b></p> <p>13 The Parts of the Speech 187<br /><i>Michael de Brauw</i></p> <p>14 Forensic Oratory 203<br /><i>Craig Cooper</i></p> <p>15 Symbouleutic Oratory 220<br /><i>Stephen Usher</i></p> <p>16 Epideictic Oratory 236<br /><i>Christopher Carey</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Rhetoric: Political, Social and Intellectual Contexts 253</b></p> <p>17 Rhetoric and Politics in Classical Greece: Rise of the Rhetores 255<br /><i>Ian Worthington</i></p> <p>18 Rhetoric and Persuasion in the Hellenistic World: Speaking up for the Polis 272<br /><i>Andrew Erskine</i></p> <p>19 Rhetoric and the Law 286<br /><i>James P. Sickinger</i></p> <p>20 Rhetoric and Education 303<br /><i>Teresa Morgan</i></p> <p>21 Rhetoric and Religion 320<br /><i>Ken Dowden</i></p> <p>22 Rhetoric and Language 336<br /><i>A. Lo´pez Eire</i></p> <p>23 Rhetoric and Logic 350<br /><i>James Allen</i></p> <p>24 Rhetoric and Knowledge 365<br /><i>Tobias Reinhardt</i></p> <p>25 Rhetoric and Ethics from the Sophists to Aristotle 378<br /><i>Jane M. Day</i></p> <p>26 Rhetoric, Manliness and Contest 393<br /><i>Joseph Roisman</i></p> <p>27 Rhetoric and Emotion 411<br /><i>David Konstan</i></p> <p><b>Part V Rhetoric and Literature 427</b></p> <p>28 Right Rhetoric in Homer 429<br /><i>Hanna M. Roisman</i></p> <p>29 Hesiod’s Rhetorical Art 447<br /><i>Jenny Strauss Clay</i></p> <p>30 Acts of Persuasion in Hellenistic Epic: Honey-Sweet Words in Apollonius 458<br /><i>Anatole Mori</i></p> <p>31 Rhetoric and Tragedy: Weapons of Mass Persuasion 473<br /><i>Marianne McDonald</i></p> <p>32 Attic Comedy and the Development of Theoretical Rhetoric 490<br /><i>Thomas K. Hubbard</i></p> <p>33 Rhetoric and Lyric Poetry 509<br /><i>William H. Race</i></p> <p>34 Rhetoric and the Novel: Sex, Lies and Sophistic 526<br /><i>Ruth Webb</i></p> <p>35 Rhetoric and Historiography 542<br /><i>Matthew Fox and Niall Livingstone</i></p> <p>Bibliography 562</p> <p>Index 594</p>

"This <i>Companion</i> contains strong contributions.... Andrew Erskine's excellent chapter on the practical side of Hellenistic rhetoric; and Teresa Moragn manages a broad coverage of rhetoric and education." (<i>Greece & Rome</i>, 2008) <p>"Exploring rhetoric from a variety of sociohistorical and thematic contexts from the Homeric to the Byzantine period, this companion sets a standard that should serve the discipline for some years to come." <i>(Choice)<!--end--></i><br /> </p> <p>“The editor…has provided us with a fresh overview of important areas…in chapters that bristle with information and insight. The volume has been well edited.” <i>(Bryn Mawr Classical Review)</i></p> <p>"A well planned and constructed volume is presented in an equally well-constructed series [<i>Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World</i>]." <i>(Reference Reviews)</i></p>

<b>Ian Worthington</b> is Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. His previous publications include <i>Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator</i> (2000), <i>Alexander the Great: A Reader</i> (2003), and a biography, <i>Alexander the Great: Man and God</i> (2004).

This <i>Companion</i> is the most comprehensive treatment of ancient Greek rhetoric available. Designed primarily for readers approaching the subject for the first time, it traces the history of rhetoric from Homer to Byzantium. It provides an overview of rhetorical theory and practice, offers accounts of the most important orators and rhetoricians, and considers rhetoric in a number of historical, social, political, intellectual, and literary contexts.<br /> <br /> The <i>Companion</i> comprises a series of newly commissioned essays by experts in the field. These contributions cover traditional topics such as rhetoric's place within politics, law, and philosophy, as well as wider-ranging subjects such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, logic, and emotion. The volume incorporates new material providing fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric, and into its far-reaching effects on ancient Greek society. An introductory chapter discusses the idea of rhetoric, the status of rhetoric studies (present and future), and summarises the various chapters of the volume.

"Exploring rhetoric from a variety of sociohistorical and thematic contexts from the Homeric to the Byzantine period, this companion sets a standard that should serve the discipline for some years to come." (Choice)<br /> <br /> “The editor…has provided us with a fresh overview of important areas…in chapters that bristle with information and insight. The volume has been well edited.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)<br /> <br /> "A well planned and constructed volume is presented in an equally well-constructed series [Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World]." (Reference Reviews)<br />

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