Logos without rhetoric : the arts of language before Plato / edited by Robin Reames ; afterword by Edward Schiappa.

Introduction and text in English, with some text in English translated from the Ancient Greek, and some text in the Ancient Greek and transliterated from the Ancient Greek.

"How did rhetoric begin and what was it before it was called "rhetoric"? Must art have a name to be considered art? What is the difference between eloquence and rhetoric? And what were the differences, if any, among poets, philosophers, sophists, and rhetoricians before Plato emphasized--or perhaps invented--their differences? In Logos without Rhetoric: The Arts of Language before Plato, Robin Reames attempts to intervene in these and other questions by examining the status of rhetorical theory in texts that predate Plato's coining of the term rhetoric (c. 380 B.C.E.). From Homer and Hesiod to Parmenides and Heraclitus to Gorgias, Theodorus, and Isocrates, the case studies contained here examine the status of the discipline of rhetoric prior to and therefore in the absence of the influence of Plato and Aristotle's full-fledged development of rhetorical theory in the fourth century B.C.E."-- Provided by publisher.

Inspired by a conference held by the Rhetoric Society of America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2017).

Machine generated contents note: Unity, Dissociation, and Schismogenesis in Isocrates / Terry L. Papillon -- Theodorus Byzantius on the Parts of a Speech / Robert N. Gaines -- Gorgias' "On Non-Being": Genre, Purpose, and Testimonia / Carol Poster -- Parmenides: Philosopher, Rhetorician, Skywalker / Thomas Rickert -- Heraclitus' Doublespeak: The Paradoxical Origins of Rhetorical Logos / Robin Reames -- Rhetoric and Royalty: Odysseus' Presentation of the Female Shades in Hades / Marina McCoy -- Metis, Themis, and the Practice of Epic Speech / David C. Hoffman -- It Takes an Empire to Raise a Sophist: An Athens-Centered Analysis of the Oikonomia of Pre-Platonic Rhetoric / Michael Svoboda -- Afterword: Persistent Questions in the Historiography of Early Greek Rhetorical Theory / Edward Schiappa.

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