Antidosis

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Antidosis is a rhetorical and philosophical work by the Athenian orator Isocrates, framed as a fictional legal defense that expounds his educational ideals and defends his life and teaching.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
rhetorical work ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition circa 354 BC ⓘ
author Isocrates ⓘ
circulation school text in antiquity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
defends Isocrates’ pedagogical method ⓘ
the moral impact of rhetorical training ⓘ
form fictional legal defense ⓘ
judicial speech ⓘ
genre apologia ⓘ
forensic oration ⓘ
rhetorical prose ⓘ
historicalContext 4th century BC Athens ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanist educational thought ⓘ
Roman rhetorical education ⓘ
later rhetorical theory ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice autobiographical narrative ⓘ
fictional court case ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Isocrates ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
philosophicalPosition defense of rhetorical education ⓘ
education as preparation for citizenship ⓘ
link between rhetoric and moral character ⓘ
primaryTheme civic virtue ⓘ
education ⓘ
philosophy of education ⓘ
public service ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
self-defense of a teacher ⓘ
purpose defend Isocrates’ life and teaching ⓘ
expound Isocratean educational ideals ⓘ
justify the social value of rhetorical training ⓘ
relatedWork Against the Sophists ⓘ
Panegyricus ⓘ
setting Athenian law court ⓘ
structure imaginary lawsuit ⓘ
speech in self-defense ⓘ
titleInGreek Ἀντίδοσις ⓘ
titleLanguage Greek ⓘ
titleMeaning exchange of property ⓘ
topic critique of sophistic education ⓘ
distinction between true and false education ⓘ
relationship between wealth and public service ⓘ
role of the teacher in the city ⓘ

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Isocrates → notableWork → Antidosis ⓘ