In ancient Athenian courts of law, litigants presented their cases before juries of several hundred citizens. Their speeches effectively constituted performance

In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community were the subject of democratic d

Recent literary-critical work in legal studies reads law as a genre of literature, noting that Western law originated as a branch of rhetoric in classical Greec

This study identifies specific features in the legal procedure and social perception of homicide in Athens in the time of the orators and examines how these fea

Rhetoric thoroughly infused the world and literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of rhetorical theory and practi