
Divine Talk
Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes
Gunther Martin(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 3. September 2009
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-19-956022-6 (ISBN)
Description
Gunther Martin examines the references to religion in the speeches of Demosthenes and other Athenian orators in the 4th century BC. In Part I he demonstrates the role religion plays in the rhetorical strategy of speeches in political trials: his main argument is that speakers had to be consistent in their approach to religion throughout their career. It was not possible to change from being a pragmatic to a `religious' speaker and back, but it was possible, when writing for others, to use religion in a way one would not have used it when delivering a speech oneself. In Part II Martin deals with assembly speeches and speeches in private trials, in which religious references are far scarcer. In the assembly, unless genuinely religious matters are discussed, religion seems to have been practically inadmissible, while in private trials it is procedural elements that supply the majority of religious references.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-956022-6 (9780199560226)
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Person
Gunther Martin is Domus Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Content
I. SPEECHES IN PUBLIC TRIALS ; II. DELIBERATIVE AND PRIVATE SPEECHES