Profession and Performance: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman world - University of London Press Skip to main content Search Search Home Books Open access Series Subject Journals Publish with us Author testimonials Open Access policy Artificial Intelligence policy Peer review and publication ethics Submit a proposal About us Funding and governance Meet the team News Our mission Projects, partners and initiatives Publishing partners Stay in touch Information Accessibility Digital editions FAQs For authors For booksellers and librarians For reviewers and media Open Access Rights and permissions Statistics Training Hub Books Journals Open Access Revising your PhD Thesis for Publication Peer review Marketing Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Copyright: © Authors 2013 DOI: https://doi.org/10.14296/917.9781905670680 Publication date: 4 November 2013 To request a review copy of this title, please email us: [email protected] Profession and Performance: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman world Christos Kremmydas (Editor), Jonathan Powell (Editor), Lene Rubinstein (Editor) Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements Published in association with: Institute of Classical Studies Download (PDF) Purchase Paperback (UK) – £26.99 Paperback (US) – $35.99 This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical delivery in the Athenian courts and Assembly, including the demands placed on orators by the physical settings. Tempest examines the conceptions of oratorical competence and incompetence, particularly in respect of performance, as they are implied in Cicero’s criticisms of the rival prosecutor in the trial of Verres. Papers by Karambelas and Powell look at evidence for the importance of advocacy in the Second Sophistic and the late Roman Empire respectively. In an introduction, the editors discuss recurrent themes connected with the orator’s competence and performance, while the final paper of the volume, by Lord Justice Laws, reflects on the continuing relevance of rhetoric in the modern, highly professionalised practice of the law in England. Contents Formats Authors Subjects Introduction – Jonathan Powell, Lene Rubinstein, and Christos Kremmydas Mike Edwards – Hypokritēs in action: delivery in Greek rhetoric Victor Bers – Performing the speech in Athenian courts and assembly: adjusting the act to fit the bēma? Kathryn Tempest – Staging a prosecution: aspects of performance in Cicero’s Verrines Dimitris Karambelas – Synēgoroi as ‘healers’ in the social imagination of the Imperial age Jonathan Powell – The exploits of Honorius: evidence for Roman advocacy in the time of Justinian Sir John Laws – The rhetoric of the Common Law PDF: 9781905670697 Paperback: 9781905670512 / 244mm x 170mm Christos Kremmydas (Editor) Jonathan Powell (Editor) Lene Rubinstein (Editor) Subject: Classical Literature and Drama , Classical Studies BISAC codes: DRA006000 Thema codes: DNS, NHC Keywords: ancient Greece, ancient Rome, law, oratory, performance, rhetoric More books in this subject area Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies Valeria Vitale Gabriel Bodard 8 October 2026 Roman Military Diplomas VI Paul Holder 14 November 2024 A Corpus of Greek Graffiti from Dalmatia S. Čače A. Johnston B. Kirigin L. 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