International Conference:
“The Rhetoric of (Dis)unity. Community and division in Graeco-Roman prose and poetry”
23 – 24 November 2017
Athens University History Museum
5 Tholou St., Plaka, Athens
This conference aims to shed new light on the capacity of rhetoric, as used in Greek and Roman prose (mainly oratory and historiography) and poetry (mainly in tragedy and comedy), to promote either bonding and affiliation or distancing and division between the speaker and the audience. From the ancient Greco-Roman courts and assemblies to today’s political discourse, rhetoric is inherently divisive. It focuses on appealing to core groups and defining oneself against others.
The Programme of the Conference
