# The Rhetoric of Seeing in Attic Forensic Oratory, Vol. 1

By **Peter A O'connell**

- ISBN-13: 9781477311684
- Publisher: University of Texas Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 304
- Published: 1 Mar 2017

## About this book

In ancient Athenian courts of law, litigants presented their cases before juries of several hundred citizens. Their speeches effectively constituted performances that used the speakers' appearances, gestures, tones of voice, and emotional appeals as much as their words to persuade the jury. Today, all that remains of A

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