The Rhetoric of Seeing in Attic Forensic Oratory /

The Rhetoric of Seeing in Attic Forensic Oratory / / Peter A. O'Connell.

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In ancient Athenian courts of law, litigants presented their cases before juries of several hundred citizens. Their speeches effectively constituted performances that used the speakers’ appearances, gestures, tones of voice, and emotional appeals as much as their words to persuade the jury. Today, a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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O'Connell, Peter A.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2017
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations of Ancient Authors
  • Abbreviations of Modern Editions
  • Note on Translations and the Spelling of Greek Names
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Vision and performance in the courts of classical Athens
  • PART ONE: PHYSICAL SIGHT
  • 1. Visual Rhetoric and Visual Evidence
  • 2. The Meanings of Movement
  • PART TWO: THE LANGUAGE OF DEMONSTRATION AND VISIBILITY
  • 3. Showing and Seeing : The Procedural Terminology of Witnessing
  • 4. Saying as Showing, Hearing as Seeing
  • PART THREE: IMAGINARY SIGHT
  • 5. Visualizing Civic Suffering
  • 6. Shared Spectatorship. Bridging the Gap between Past and Present and Here and There
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix of Speeches
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Texts
  • General Index

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