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Performance Of Oratory

Performance of Oratory is a scholarly construct within the study of classical rhetoric that denotes the embodied, rhetorical, and stylistic enactment of persuasive speech in ancient Greek civic and judicial contexts, distinguished by its focus on the speaker’s delivery, linguistic artistry, audience engagement, and adherence to performative conventions as integral components of rhetorical efficacy.

115

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6.1K

Citations

121

Authors

45

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

115

Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy

David Konstan, Simon Goldhill, Robin Osborne · Phoenix · 2000 · 654 citations

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Political Language and Oratory in Traditional Society.

Lloyd S. Etheredge, Maurice Bloch · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1977 · 379 citations

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Bodily Arts: Rhetoric and Athletics in Ancient Greece

Donald Lateiner, Debra Hawhee · The Classical World · 2006 · 256 citations

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Orationis Ratio: The Stylistic Theories and Practice of the Roman Orators, Historians, and Philosophers

George A. Kennedy, A.D. Leeman · The American Journal of Philology · 1966 · 228 citations

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Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

Konstantin Dierks, Sandra M. Gustafson · Journal of the Early Republic · 2001 · 228 citations

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Authors

121

  1. CW
    Cecil W. Wooten

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 95 citations

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  2. GA
    George A. Kennedy

    Kansas State University, United States

    3 publications · 457 citations

    3

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  3. MF
    Mindy Fenske

    North-West State Technical University, Russia

    2 publications · 76 citations

    2

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  4. TK
    Tomis Kapitän

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    2 publications · 117 citations

    2

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  5. SM
    Sandra M. Gustafson

    2 publications · 249 citations

    2

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Institutions

45

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  5. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. United Church of Christ

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  7. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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Venues

  1. Rhetorica

    9 publications · 351 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 498 citations

    7

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  3. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 7 publications · 478 citations

    7

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  4. The Classical Quarterly

    6 publications · 342 citations

    6

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  5. Quarterly Journal of Speech

    5 publications · 131 citations

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