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Rhetoric: A Very Short IntroductionOxford Very Short Introductions Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a

The Fisherman (the degeneracy of modern philosophers)

Walsh examines the background to these often intimate and enthralling letters

of Caelius

and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur

που διαβάζεται με απέραντη ευχαρίστηση» (Γιάννης Τσιώλης

it offers fresh insights into what satire is

Suetonius apparently retired and probably continued his writing

As a patriotic epic imitating Homer

The reader vividly experiences what it was like to be there

ενός εκ των κορυφαίων μελετητών του έργου της συγγραφέως

Written during a period overshadowed by the fierce struggle for supremacy between Sparta and Euripides' native Athens

one of Alexander's officers