Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Practice of Oratory in Classical Greece -- Chapter Two The Sophists and the Forms of λόγος -- Chapter Three Thucydides. The Assembly and Democratic Deliberation -- Chapter Four Plato -- Chapter Five Isocrates -- Chapter Six Demosthenes -- Chapter Seven The Rhetoric to Alexander -- Chapter Eight Aristotle’s Rhetoric -- Chapter Nine The Concept of Genre in Aristotle -- Chapter Ten The Three Genres of Rhetoric: Definition and Classification -- Chapter Eleven Characterizing the Genres: Principles and Models -- Chapter Twelve Genres and Topics -- Chapter Thirteen The Style (λέξις) and Arrangement (τάξις) of the Genres -- Chapter Fourteen Divisiones Aristoteleae -- Chapter Fifteen Oratorical Practice -- Chapter Sixteen The Success of the Aristotelian Classification -- Chapter Seventeen The Debate on the Scheme’s Validity: Problems and Solutions -- Chapter Eighteen The Theory of Genres in the Rhetorical System -- Chapter Nineteen Classifying, Describing, Interpreting Speeches -- Chapter Twenty Rhetorical Genres and Pedagogical Practices -- Conclusion -- Testimonia -- Appendix. Speech Genres in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek and Latin Terms -- Index Locorum -- General Index.

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In The Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity , Cristina Pepe offers a complete overview of the concept of speech genre within ancient rhetoric. By analyzing sources dating from the 5th-4th century BC, the author proves that the well-known classification in three rhetorical genres (deliberative, judicial, epideictic), introduced by Aristotle, was rooted in the debate concerning the forms and functions of the art of persuasion in classical Athens. Genres play a leading role in Aristotle’s Rhetoric, and the analysis of considerable sections of the treatise shows profound links between the characterization of the rhetorical genres and Aristotelian philosophy as a whole. Finally, the volume explores the developments of the theory of genres in Hellenistic and Imperial rhetoric.

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