This collection of fourteen essays explores the pervasive influence and dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially the dialogue between the Greek oratorical tradition and the developing oratorical practices at Rome.

• Preface


• List of Contributors


• Introduction: Exploring Oratory in the Hellenistic World


• PART ONE: HELLENISTIC ORATORY IN RHETORICAL THEORY AND LITERATURE


• 1: John Thornton: Oratory in Polybius Histories


• 2: Michael J. Edwards: Dionysius and Isaeus


• 3: Eleni Volonaki: The Art of Persuasion in Jason's Speeches: Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica


• 4: Gunther Martin: Praise and Persuasion: The Role of Rhetoric in Theocritus Poetry


• 5: Christopher Carey: Rhetoric in (the other) Menander


• 6: Edith Hall: Rhetorical Actors and Other Versatile Hellenistic Vocalists


• PART TWO: ORATORY IN THE HELLENISTIC SCHOOLS AND ASSEMBLIES


• 7: Christos Kremmydas: Hellenistic Oratory and the Evidence of Rhetorical Exercises


• 8: Lene Rubinstein: Spoken Words, Written Submissions, and Diplomatic Conventions: The Importance and Impact of Oral Performance in Hellenistic Inter-polis Relations


• 9: Angelos Chaniotis: Paradoxon, Enargeia, Empathy: Hellenistic Decrees and Hellenistic Oratory


• PART THREE: CONTINUITY AND CONVERGENCE: FROM GREECE TO ROME


• 10: Jonathan G. F. Powell: The Embassy of the Three Philosophers to Rome in 155 BC


• 11: Jula Wildberger: Stertinian Rhetoric: Pre-Imperial Stoic Theory and Practice of Public Discourse


• 12: Gesine Manuwald: Oratory on the Stage in Republican Rome


• 13: Kathryn Tempest: Hellenistic Oratory at Rome: Cicero's Pro Marcello


• 14: Stanley Porter: Hellenistic Oratory and Paul of Tarsus


• Afterword:


• Hellenistic Oratory in Context


• Bibliography


• Index

Dr Christos Kremmydas is a Lecturer in Greek History and a member of the Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric at the Department of Classics and Philosophy of Royal Holloway, University of London.
Dr Kathryn Tempest is a Senior Lecturer in Roman History and Literature at the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton.