Rhetorical Study of the Style of Andocides: A Dissertation Presented to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Samuel Shipman Kingsbury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484252224 ISBN 13: 9780484252225

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Explore the style of Andocides through a careful, scholarly lens.

This nonfiction study analyzes how the Attic orator’s words reveal his character, its nervy directness, and its balance between plain speech and formal rhetoric. Drawing on extensive examples, the book traces patterns of repetition, antithesis, and other figures that shape Andocides’ rhetoric across multiple orations.

• Learn how the author distinguishes rhetorical devices like paronomasia, epanaphora, and aryss (arsis) and what they reveal about Andocides’ approach to persuasion.
• See how variations in diction, sentence structure, and word choice contribute to the book’s central claim that Andocides speaks with a “gentleman” clarity rather than grandiloquence.
• Understand the broader context of Attic eloquence, and how this study fits with other major works on Grecian rhetoric and style.
• Discover how the author positions Andocides within his environment, and what his speech tells us about ancient Greek oratory.

Ideal for readers of classical rhetoric, literary analysis, and early Greek prose who want a clear, text-based look at Andocides’ style.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484252224
• ISBN 13: 9780484252225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 58