Product Description: Speeches of praise and blame constituted a form of oratory put to brilliant and creative use in the classical Greek period (fifth to fourth century BC) and the Roman imperial period (first to fourth century AD), and they have influenced public speakers through all the succeeding ages...read more

Product Description: All Cub fans know from heartbreak and curse-toting goats. Fewer know that, prior to moving to the north side in 1916, the team fielded powerhouse nines that regularly claimed the pennant. Before the Ivy offers a grandstand seat to a golden age:   • BEHOLD the 1871 team as it plays for the title in nine different borrowed uniforms after losing everything in the Great Chicago Fire   • ATTEND West Side Grounds at Polk and Wolcott with its barbershop quartet   • MARVEL as superstar Cap Anson hits ...read more

Product Description: English summary: Alexander the Great was a commonly used figure for ancient philosophers and rhetoricians commenting on power and the risks and responsibilities of authority. These texts in Latin and Greek, critically edited and translated into French, are collected here for the first time, and contribute to the study of political philosophy in Antiquity...read more

Product Description: This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates the current trends in this new area of research and offers a great richness of insights. The contributors are from fourteen different countries in Europe, America and Asia; the majority of the papers are in English and French, some others in German, Italian, and Spanish...read more

Product Description: À l’école des Anciens réunit plus de 120 extraits d’auteurs antiques différents sur l’organisation des études, la vie scolaire, l’activité des professeurs et celle des élèves dans le monde grec et romain, avec quelques excursus jusqu’en Perse et en Gaule...read more