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Aristides, Publius Aelius --- Aélius Aristide --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Oratory, Ancient. --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.

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Speeches of praise and blame constituted a form of oratory put to brilliant and creative use in the classical Greek period (fifth to fourth century BC) and the Roman imperial period (first to fourth century AD), and they have influenced public speakers through all the succeeding ages. Yet unlike the other classical genres of rhetoric, epideictic rhetoric remains something of a mystery. It was the least important genre at the start of Greek oratory, but its role grew exponentially in subsequent periods, even though epideictic orations were not meant to elicit any action on the part of the listener, as judicial and deliberative speeches attempted to do. So why did the ancients value the oratory of praise so highly ? In Epideictic Rhetoric, Laurent Pernot offers an authoritative overview of the genre that surveys its history in ancient Greece and Rome, its technical aspects, and its social function. He begins by defining epideictic rhetoric and tracing its evolution from its first realizations in classical Greece to its eloquent triumph in the Greco-Roman world. No longer were speeches limited to tribunals, assemblies, and courts—they now involved ceremonies as well, which changed the political and social implications of public speaking. Pernot analyzes the techniques of praise, both as stipulated by theoreticians and as practiced by orators. He describes how epideictic rhetoric functioned to give shape to the representations and common beliefs of a group, render explicit and justify accepted values, and offer lessons on new values. Finally, Pernot incorporates current research about rhetoric into the analysis of praise.

Rhétorique --- Panégyriques --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Oratory, Ancient --- Praise in literature --- Blame in literature

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Rhetoric, Ancient --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) --- Political oratory --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Discours grecs --- Grec hellénistique (Langue) --- Eloquence politique --- Congresses. --- History and criticism. --- Style. --- History --- Congrès --- Histoire et critique --- Style --- Histoire --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Oratory, Ancient --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Grec hellénistique (Langue) --- Congrès --- Rhétorique antique --- Art oratoire --- E-books --- Conferences - Meetings --- Rhétorique antique. --- Oratory, Ancient - Congresses --- Rhetoric, Ancient - Congresses --- Rhétorique antique.

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The book provides a comprehensive study of Demosthenes’ Against Leptines as a document for the reconstruction of Athenian fourth-century politics, law and public economy. The importance of the speech has been increasingly recognized in recent years, with research on Athenian lawmaking highlighting its centrality and the inadequacy of previous accounts, and work on honours for benefactors and on the liturgical system stressing its importance for understanding the development and conceptualization of euergetism. The speech is the earliest and only extensive ancient account of the ideological, theoretical and moral underpinnings of these institutions and developments. The introduction and commentary offer a comprehensive treatment of these aspects, providing historians with key insights into Athenians conceptions of public service, public honour and reciprocity. Other work has stressed the importance of the speech for the study of the Greek public economy, and the introduction and commentary make these aspects central. The Against Leptines stands at the crossroads of some of the liveliest and most important current discussions in Greek history, and this commentary aims to advance our historical understanding in these areas.

Demosthenes --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Oratory, Ancient. --- Discours grecs --- Eloquence antique --- Translations into Italian. --- Traductions italiennes --- Demosthenes. --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Politics and government --- Early works to 1800. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Forensic orations --- Oratory, Ancient --- Law, Greek --- Law --- Greek law --- Law, Ancient --- Greek orations --- Greek speeches --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Arguments, Legal --- Legal arguments --- Oral pleading --- Speeches, addresses, etc. --- Trial practice --- Forensic oratory --- History --- Demosfen --- Dīmūstīn --- Demóstenes --- Démosthène --- דמוסתנס --- Δημοσθένης --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Aḟiny (Greece) --- Atene (Greece) --- Atʻēnkʻ (Greece) --- Ateny (Greece) --- Athen (Greece) --- Athēna (Greece) --- Athēnai (Greece) --- Athènes (Greece) --- Athinai (Greece) --- Athīnā (Greece) --- Αθήνα (Greece) --- Economic history. --- Demostene --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Adversus Leptinem (Demosthenes) --- To 1500 --- Greece --- Speech of Demosthenes against the law of Leptines (Demosthenes) --- Demosthenis Oratio adversus Leptinem (Demosthenes) --- Oratio adversus Leptinem (Demosthenes) --- Dēmosthenous pros Leptinēn (Demosthenes) --- Pros Leptinēn (Demosthenes) --- Oration against Leptines (Demosthenes) --- Oration of Demosthenes against the law of Leptines (Demosthenes) --- Athens. --- economic history. --- legislation. --- Athens --- economic history --- legislation