...Dina Guth I argue that Philip's speech was a central point of contention in the debate over the Peace of Philocrates and in the legal struggle between Demosthenes and Aeschines that followed it. The ambassadors supportive of the peace praised Philip's speaking ability as part of his philhellenism...

... of Rhetoric. All rights reserved. 2013 Demosthenes Philippics questions speech-act clarity reproach refutation Cecil W. Wooten Rhetorica, Vol. XXXI, Issue 4, pp. 349 371, ISSN 0734-8584, electronic ISSN 1533- 8541. ©2013 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights re...

... form against Demosthenes in 330 B.C. and how Demosthenes wins the case by redefining the frame through metaphor-based reframing of the good, steadfast citizen. This framing analysis reveals Aeschines' overall rhetorical strategy and facilitates rhetorical assessment of the two crown speeches through...

... Century. © 2010 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved. 2010 Greek oratory apostrophe Aeschines Demosthenes Quintilian exclamatio Stephen Usher Apostrophe in Greek Oratory Abstract: A full list of passages containing apostrophe, the gure of speech...

... renseigné. De même, s'il essaie trop d'éveiller les passions chez les auditeurs, il risque de donner l'impression d'être fou. Par contre, s'il ne se sert pas des arguments qui éveillent les passions, il semblera indifférent. Dans cet essai je soutiens que dans ses harangues délibératives Démosthène tente de...

...Stephen Usher This paper argues that Cicero's reading of Demosthenes' De corona and his preoccupation with Demosthenes at the time he was composing the Brutus and in particular the Orator are evident in the list of thirty-four sententiae (“figures of thought”) given at Orator 137–9. Examples of all...