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Homeric speech and the origins of rhetoric

Knudsen, Rachel Ahern.

Homeric speech and the origins of rhetoric [electronic resource] / Rachel Ahern Knudsen. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rhetoric in Homer -- Reconsidering the origins of rhetoric -- Investigating Homeric rhetoric -- Patterns of Aristotelian rhetoric in the Iliad -- The genealogy of rhetoric from Homer to Aristotle -- Explaining the correspondence between Homeric speech and Aristotelian theory -- Rhetoric in archaic poetry -- From poetry to theory -- Appendix: analysis of remaining Iliadic rhetorical speeches.

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Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation.
Homer. Iliad.


Rhetoric, Ancient.


Electronic books.

PA4037 / .K575 2014

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