This book analyzes the rhetoric of the Second Sophists, Greek speakers and writers in the Roman Empire during the early centuries of the Common Era. Barred from political engagement and legal advocacy, these rhetors composed and performed epideictic works for audiences across the Mediterranean world. These artfully wrought discourses, formerly considered vacuous entertainments, constitute intricate negotiations with the absolute power of the Roman Empire.
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This book analyzes the rhetoric of the Second Sophists, Greek speakers and writers in the Roman Empire during the early centuries of the Common Era. Barred from political engagement and legal advocacy, these rhetors composed and performed epideictic works for audiences across the Mediterranean world. These artfully wrought discourses, formerly considered vacuous entertainments, constitute intricate negotiations with the absolute power of the Roman Empire.
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