An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric: Essential Readings

Introduction.

Part I: Classical Greek Rhetoric.

1 Introduction to Greek Rhetoric.

2 Female Voices.

3 The Sophists.

4 Plato on Philosophy and Rhetoric.

5 Aristotle and the Systemization of Rhetoric.

Part II: Classical Roman Rhetoric.

6 Introduction to Roman Rhetoric and Oratory.

7 Cicero and the Latinization of Greek Rhetoric.

8 Horace and the Revival of Poetry.

9 Quintilian the Educator.

10 The End of the Classical Period: Libanius and Augustine.

References.

Sources.

Index.

Plates.