Shows how Greek declamation's staging of the Classical past was of vital importance for the Greek imperial present.

This book sets the practice of declamation in its historical context and discusses the declaimers' public performances and use of classical literature and histo

Ancient declamation—the practice of delivering speeches on the basis of fictitious scenarios—defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of seve

The reconstruction of the prosody of a dead language is, on the face of it, an almost impossible undertaking. However, once a general theory of prosody has been

Reading Roman Declamation: Seneca the Elder provides a comprehensive critical overview of Roman declamation, as transmitted through Seneca the Elder's Controver