This volume focuses on the representation of the recent past in
classical Athenian oratory and investigates the ability of the
orators to interpret it according to their interests; the inability
of the Athenians to make an objective assessment of it; and the
unwillingness of the citizens to hear the truth, make
self-criticism and take responsibility for bad results.
Twenty-eight scholars have written chapters to this end, dealing
with a wide range of themes, in terms both of contents and of
chronology, from the fifth to the fourth century B.C. Each
contributor has written a chapter that analyzes one or more
historical events mentioned or alluded in the corpus of the Attic
orators and covers the three species of Attic oratory. Chapters
that treat other issues collectively are also included. The common
feature of each contribution is an outline of the recent events
that took place and influenced the citizens and/or the city of
Athens and its juxtaposition with their rhetorical treatment by the
orators either by comparing the rhetorical texts with the
historical sources and/or by examining the rhetorical means through
which the speakers model the recent past. This book aims at
advanced students and professional scholars. This volume focuses on
the representation of the recent past in classical Athenian oratory
and investigates: the ability of the orators to interpret it
according to their interests; the inability of the Athenians to
make an objective assessment of persons and events of the recent
past and their unwillingness to hear the truth, make self-criticism
and take responsibility for bad results.
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