Gorgias's Helen revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9239292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Schiappa (0000-0001-7671-0576, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 310-324 |
| Publication date | 1995-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335639509384118 |
| OpenAlex | W2054550367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Gorgias's Helen has earned a central place in the revival of interest in sophistic and neo‐sophistic rhetorical studies in the late twentieth century. This essay offers a “predisciplinary” historical analysis of the text and makes five arguments: 1) Identifying Gorgias’ Helen as an “epideictic” speech is a somewhat misleading characterization; 2) The speech is not a veiled defense of the Art of Rhetoric; 3) Gorgias may have inaugurated the prose genre of encomia; 4) Gorgias advanced fifth‐century BCE “rationalism” by enacting certain innovations in prose composition; 5) The Helen's most significant “theoretical” contribution is to offer a secular account of the workings of logos— an account that functions as an exemplar for later theorists
Art · Composition (language) · Linguistics · Literature · Logos Bible Software · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |