Andrew Wolpert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4124892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Wolpert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolpert |
| SIGNATURE | WOLPERT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-9578-5017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The rhetoric of invective in Demosthenes’s speech Against Meidias
The challenges that Demosthenes faces in building his case against Meidias shape how he employs hubris to persuade the jury. Since he cannot point to substantive harm that he had suffered, he uses most of the speech to argue that Meidias’ intent, disposition, and treatment of others prove that he had committed hubris at the Dionysia. Meidias’ other actions, however, do not prove that he committed acts of hubris at the Dionysia. Therefore, Demosth…
Thucydides on the Four Hundred and the Fall of Athens
Book 8 shows why Thucydides was right to conclude that the Sicilian defeat was not enough to cause Athens to lose the Peloponnesian War. Fear and delay prevented the Athenians from responding effectively to the revolts breaking out throughout the empire and caused them to succumb to civil war. In contrast to the Athēaiōn Politeia, which suggests that the Four Hundred came to power because the Athenians doubted the merits of their democracy, Thucy…
Delphinion
In Athens, the king archon brought cases of justifiable homicide to the ephetai to judge in the court of the Delphinion, located near the Temple of Zeus, southeast of the Acropolis.
Logos epitaphios
The Athenians honored their fallen soldiers with a public burial at the end of the battle season followed by a funeral speech (logos epitaphios ) delivered by a man presumably chosen for his rhetorical skill and leadership, since Perikles, Demosthenes, and Hyperides were all selected to give such a speech.
Agraphoi nomoi
References to agraphoi nomoi (unwritten laws) in Greek literature are varied and sporadic. They suggest that the ancient Greeks may have developed notions about unwritten law that have some, but only some, similarities to modern concepts.
Prytaneion
The prytaneion was the equivalent of the town hall for the Greek city.
Dike, dike
Dike (pl. dikai ) has a wide range of meanings in ancient Greek, from “justice” to “judgment” and from “order” to “punishment.
Dikasterion
The dikasterion (pl. dikasteria ), meaning “court of law,” rivaled the popular assembly of democratic Athens in importance and power.
The Greeks and their Past
Reviewed by: The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE Andrew Wolpert Jonas Grethlein. The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. US $95/ CDN $102.95/ £55. ISBN 978-0521110778. Applying phenomenological and hermeneutical theories to the study of ancient memory, Grethlein traces the different ways the past is confronted in the l…
The violence of the Thirty Tyrants
The Thirty Tyrants carried out a systematic campaign of political murder unparalleled in the history of classical Athens. Although it may not be surprising that the oligarchs remained in power for such a brief period of time, it is difficult to understand how the Thirty thought that they could maintain their grip on Athens through such means. What led the Thirty onto a path of violence until they eventually set out against Eleusis to execute as m…
The Divided City
This special issue of *Phoenix* explores the complex interplay of memory and forgetting in ancient Athens. Examining various literary and epigraphic sources, the contributors analyze how the Athenians constructed collective memory and dealt with traumatic events, particularly the Peloponnesian War and the rule of the Thirty Tyrants. The articles discuss the selective nature of remembrance, the role of ritual and public discourse in shaping memory…
Addresses to the Jury in the Attic Orators
Athenian litigants often used direct address when referring to an action carried out on behalf of Athens even when it was impossible for many on the jury to have participated. This rhetorical fiction allowed the Athenians to imagine the rule of the people as transcending time and place, as well as individuals and institutions, and to represent the demos as eternal and unchanging. Through rhetoric, the jury acquired its authority and the Athenians…
The genealogy of diplomacy in classical Greece
In contrast to modern states, diplomacy remained rudimentary in language, personnel and method for the polis of classical Greece. Antiquity alone cannot explain this. Instead we must consider how both external and internal considerations shaped the dynamics of extra‐political relations. On the one hand, Greek cities fought wars and formed leagues and alliances to pursue strategic interests. On the other hand, internal constraints ‐ such as values…
The Divided City
This special issue of *Phoenix* explores the complex interplay of memory and forgetting in ancient Athens. Examining various literary and epigraphic sources, the contributors analyze how the Athenians constructed collective memory and dealt with traumatic events, particularly the Peloponnesian War and the rule of the Thirty Tyrants. The articles discuss the selective nature of remembrance, the role of ritual and public discourse in shaping memory…
Addresses to the Jury in the Attic Orators
Athenian litigants often used direct address when referring to an action carried out on behalf of Athens even when it was impossible for many on the jury to have participated. This rhetorical fiction allowed the Athenians to imagine the rule of the people as transcending time and place, as well as individuals and institutions, and to represent the demos as eternal and unchanging. Through rhetoric, the jury acquired its authority and the Athenians…
The Greeks and their Past
Reviewed by: The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE Andrew Wolpert Jonas Grethlein. The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. US $95/ CDN $102.95/ £55. ISBN 978-0521110778. Applying phenomenological and hermeneutical theories to the study of ancient memory, Grethlein traces the different ways the past is confronted in the l…
Thucydides on the Four Hundred and the Fall of Athens
Book 8 shows why Thucydides was right to conclude that the Sicilian defeat was not enough to cause Athens to lose the Peloponnesian War. Fear and delay prevented the Athenians from responding effectively to the revolts breaking out throughout the empire and caused them to succumb to civil war. In contrast to the Athēaiōn Politeia, which suggests that the Four Hundred came to power because the Athenians doubted the merits of their democracy, Thucy…
The genealogy of diplomacy in classical Greece
In contrast to modern states, diplomacy remained rudimentary in language, personnel and method for the polis of classical Greece. Antiquity alone cannot explain this. Instead we must consider how both external and internal considerations shaped the dynamics of extra‐political relations. On the one hand, Greek cities fought wars and formed leagues and alliances to pursue strategic interests. On the other hand, internal constraints ‐ such as values…
Addresses to the Jury in the Attic Orators
Athenian litigants often used direct address when referring to an action carried out on behalf of Athens even when it was impossible for many on the jury to have participated. This rhetorical fiction allowed the Athenians to imagine the rule of the people as transcending time and place, as well as individuals and institutions, and to represent the demos as eternal and unchanging. Through rhetoric, the jury acquired its authority and the Athenians…
The Divided City
This special issue of *Phoenix* explores the complex interplay of memory and forgetting in ancient Athens. Examining various literary and epigraphic sources, the contributors analyze how the Athenians constructed collective memory and dealt with traumatic events, particularly the Peloponnesian War and the rule of the Thirty Tyrants. The articles discuss the selective nature of remembrance, the role of ritual and public discourse in shaping memory…
The violence of the Thirty Tyrants
The Thirty Tyrants carried out a systematic campaign of political murder unparalleled in the history of classical Athens. Although it may not be surprising that the oligarchs remained in power for such a brief period of time, it is difficult to understand how the Thirty thought that they could maintain their grip on Athens through such means. What led the Thirty onto a path of violence until they eventually set out against Eleusis to execute as m…
The Greeks and their Past
Reviewed by: The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE Andrew Wolpert Jonas Grethlein. The Greeks and their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. US $95/ CDN $102.95/ £55. ISBN 978-0521110778. Applying phenomenological and hermeneutical theories to the study of ancient memory, Grethlein traces the different ways the past is confronted in the l…
Delphinion
In Athens, the king archon brought cases of justifiable homicide to the ephetai to judge in the court of the Delphinion, located near the Temple of Zeus, southeast of the Acropolis.
Logos epitaphios
The Athenians honored their fallen soldiers with a public burial at the end of the battle season followed by a funeral speech (logos epitaphios ) delivered by a man presumably chosen for his rhetorical skill and leadership, since Perikles, Demosthenes, and Hyperides were all selected to give such a speech.
Agraphoi nomoi
References to agraphoi nomoi (unwritten laws) in Greek literature are varied and sporadic. They suggest that the ancient Greeks may have developed notions about unwritten law that have some, but only some, similarities to modern concepts.
Prytaneion
The prytaneion was the equivalent of the town hall for the Greek city.
Dike, dike
Dike (pl. dikai ) has a wide range of meanings in ancient Greek, from “justice” to “judgment” and from “order” to “punishment.
Dikasterion
The dikasterion (pl. dikasteria ), meaning “court of law,” rivaled the popular assembly of democratic Athens in importance and power.
Thucydides on the Four Hundred and the Fall of Athens
Book 8 shows why Thucydides was right to conclude that the Sicilian defeat was not enough to cause Athens to lose the Peloponnesian War. Fear and delay prevented the Athenians from responding effectively to the revolts breaking out throughout the empire and caused them to succumb to civil war. In contrast to the Athēaiōn Politeia, which suggests that the Four Hundred came to power because the Athenians doubted the merits of their democracy, Thucy…
The rhetoric of invective in Demosthenes’s speech Against Meidias
The challenges that Demosthenes faces in building his case against Meidias shape how he employs hubris to persuade the jury. Since he cannot point to substantive harm that he had suffered, he uses most of the speech to argue that Meidias’ intent, disposition, and treatment of others prove that he had committed hubris at the Dionysia. Meidias’ other actions, however, do not prove that he committed acts of hubris at the Dionysia. Therefore, Demosth…
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