A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Theories of Rhetoric	1
1	The Origins of Rhetoric: Literacy and Democracy in Ancient Greece	3
2	The Sophists and Rhetorical Consciousness	21
3	Aristotle's Rhetorical Theory. With a Synopsis of Aristotle's Rhetoric	59
4	The Codification of Roman Rhetoric, With a Synopsis of the Rhetorica ad Herennium	127
5	Cicero's Rhetorical Theory. With Synopses of Cicero's Seven Rhetorical Works	151
6	Roman Educational and Rhetorical Theory. With a Synopsis of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria	201
7	The End of the Ancient World: The Second Sophistic and Saint Augustine	229
Pt. II	Practice	237
8	Classical Texts for Reading, Study and Criticism	239
	Pericles, The Funeral Oration	241
	Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid	247
	Plato, The Apology of Socrates	253
	Gorgias, Encomium to Helen	263
	Isocrates, Areopagiticus: A Few Wise Laws Wisely Administered	268
	Demosthenes, The First Philippic	274
	Cicero, The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catiline	284
	Cicero, In Defense of the Poet Archias	296
App. A	Subject Outline for Further Study	307
App. B	A Basic Library for the Study of Classical Rhetoric	311
	Index	323
	About the Authors	339