Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Defining fundamental terms -- Talking about the gods, the divine, supernatural powers or agents and religious rites -- Prayers, curses...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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In: | Year: 2020 |
Series/Journal: | Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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Further subjects: | B
Oratory, Ancient-History and criticism
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Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Defining fundamental terms -- Talking about the gods, the divine, supernatural powers or agents and religious rites -- Prayers, curses and prophetesses (e.g. sibyls) -- Hymns -- Oaths -- References to oracular divination -- Religion, rhetoric and the polis -- Current perspectives and approaches -- What this book is about -- Outline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 1 Religious discourse in Attic oratory: A full survey -- Aeschines -- Andocides -- Antiphon -- Demosthenes -- Epideictic speeches -- Symbouleutic speeches -- Forensic public speeches -- Forensic private speeches -- Dinarchus -- Hypereides -- Isaeus -- Isocrates -- Forensic speeches -- Epideictic speeches -- Symbouleutic speeches -- Lycurgus -- Lysias -- Epideictic and "non-forensic" speeches -- Forensic private speeches -- Forensic public speeches -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Contextualizing religious discourse -- Religious discourse beyond (con)textual limitations -- The dichotomy between public and private speeches -- Symbouleutic and epideictic orations -- Individuality and circumstance -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Reacting to the "airy nothing" -- A two-cornered active involvement: The speaker and the audience -- Cognitive dispositions and emotional reactions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 Civic/political identity in religious discourse -- What is identity? -- Religious discourse and civic spirit/patriotism -- Heroes and statesmen in religious discourse -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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ISBN: | 1351335405 |