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Taming Democracy: Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens - Rhetoric and Society
Harvey Yunis
Taming Democracy: Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens - Rhetoric and Society
Harvey Yunis
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, philosopher, politician respectively—explored the...
336 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 18, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780801427701 |
Publishers | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 28 mm · 662 g |