Ciceronian Oratory in Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20048801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M May (0000-0002-8659-756X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 49-70 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Brill's Companion to Cicero (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789047400936_004 |
| OpenAlex | W818792877 |
| ISBN | 9789047400936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Cicero explains how important it is for a speaker to master all that is relevant to the practices of his fellow-citizens and connected to their normal life, the functioning of their State and their social order; his twenty-first century audience, to remain keenly aware of the context in which his oratory succeeded so stunningly. Oratory, deals by its very nature with relationships between individuals or individuals and their community. Indeed, the usual goal of any speaker who addresses a jury or an assembly of peers is persuasion; and persuasion is generally achieved only when an orator can relate closely to the customs, tastes, fears, and desires of his audience. Cicero demands that orators become intimately familiar with their own social and political milieu, and that they adapt their speeches in order to be in touch with the tastes of their community and its common modes of thought and expression. Keywords: Cicero; Ciceronian oratory
Aesthetics · Art · Cicero · Jury · Literature · Persuasion · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |