Explore the world of Ancient Greece through the literary genius of Isocrates. This book includes a comprehensive collection of his orations and epistles, offering a fascinating glimpse into the issues of the time and the world of ancient Greek rhetoric. With detailed notes and an introduction that contextualizes the work, this book is a must-have for classics scholars and anyone interested in ancient history and literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Rhetoric of Identity in Isocrates provides an interpretation of an important, but largely neglected and disregarded, fourth-century Athenian author to show how he uses writing to provide a model of political engagement that is distinct from his own contemporaries' (especially Plato's) and from our own notions of political involvement. It demonstrates that ancient rhetorical discourse raises issues of contemporary relevance, especially regarding the status of the written word and current debates on canon and curriculum in education.

New translations of the writings of Isocrates, one of ancient Greece?s foremost orators, illustrating his views on life, morality, and history.