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The Greek Persuasion
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Kimberly K. Robeson
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-30 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Consumed by a myth about Zeus, a magic sword, and soul mates, Greek-American professor Thair Mylopoulos-Wright has spent much of her life searching for her Othe
Persuasion in Greek Tragedy
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Richard G. A. Buxton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In this study, R. G. A. Buxton examines the Greek concept of peitho (persuasion) before analysing plays by Aischylos, Sophokles and Euripides.
Persuasion: Greek Rhetoric in Action
Language: en
Pages: 4
Authors: Ian Worthington
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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Greek rhetoric, in its diverse forms and impact on its contemporary context, is central to an understanding of ancient culture. The influence and exploitation o
Ekphrasis, Imagination and Persuasion in Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Practice
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Ruth Webb
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-29 - Publisher: Routledge

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This is a study of ekphrasis, the art of making listeners and readers 'see' in their imagination through words alone, as taught in ancient rhetorical schools an
History of Rhetoric, Volume I
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: George A. Kennedy
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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A concern for the art of persuasion, as rhetoric was anciently defined, was a principal feature of Greek intellectual life. In this study of the complex of subj