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About the Author
Guy Westwood is a Departmental Lecturer in Greek Literature at the University of Oxford, and Lecturer in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He was previously a Departmental Lecturer in Classical Literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford; prior to that he held a Teaching Fellowship in Greek History and Language at the University of Birmingham and the Leventis Research Fellowship in Ancient Greek at Merton College, Oxford.
Reviews
The book is well researched and extremely learned, as shown not only by the comprehensiveness of the analysis of Aeschinean and Demosthenic speeches and their broader context(s), but also by the rich bibliography and the impressive number of passages examined, both in the main body of the work and in the accurate and detailed footnotes. The prose is elegant and refined (sometimes to a fault), with very few typos. * LINDA ROCCHI, The Classical Review *
This book offers a fresh and thorough reading of how Athenian history was used in fourth-century Attic oratory, revealing the creative way in which it was exploited as an element of persuasion ... scholars of all fields interested in rhetoric, history and politics will certainly benefit from the wealth of Westwood's observations and his thorough analysis. * Konstantinos Apostolakis, Journal of Indo-European Studies *
Westwood's monograph (based on a 2013 D.Phil Thesis) is a welcome and important addition to the increasingly rich bibliography on the theme of the use of history and exemplarity in the Attic Orators... The specialist tone of the book means that, perhaps, it will represent a precious tool for the experienced scholar rather than for the student approaching the subject for the first time... the reader is left with a far more comprehensive portrait of how fourth-century Athenians looked at their past more generally. Westwood's monograph will represent a fundamental tool for anyone approaching the theory and practice of paradeigmata in Athenian political oratory. * Antonio Iacoviello, University of Edinburgh, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198857037
Author Guy Westwood
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 614g
Dimensions(mm) 225mm * 150mm * 30mm