On the Ancient Orators

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ancient Greek prose work literary criticism work rhetorical treatise

On the Ancient Orators is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing and evaluating the style and techniques of classical Greek orators.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek prose work ⓘ literary criticism work ⓘ rhetorical treatise ⓘ
aimsTo	define good oratorical style ⓘ distinguish superior and inferior orators ⓘ
analyzes	classical Greek oratory ⓘ
associatedWith	Atticism ⓘ
author	Dionysius of Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	criteria of rhetorical excellence ⓘ imitation of classical models ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
critiques	Asianic style of rhetoric ⓘ
dateWritten	1st century BCE ⓘ
evaluates	oratorical style ⓘ persuasive techniques ⓘ
evaluativeStance	anti-Asianic rhetoric ⓘ pro-classical ⓘ
field	classical philology ⓘ classical rhetoric ⓘ
focusesOn	Attic orators ⓘ classical period orators ⓘ
genre	philology ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ
hasPerspective	normative evaluation of style ⓘ
historicalContext	Augustan period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later rhetorical theory ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	prose treatise ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Dionysius of Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	manuscript tradition of Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ
relatedWork	On Demosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ On Thucydides ⓘ On the Arrangement of Words NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedBy	classical scholars ⓘ historians of rhetoric ⓘ
subject	literary style criticism ⓘ rhetorical technique ⓘ style of Greek orators ⓘ
supports	classical Attic style ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ classical Athens ⓘ
tradition	Atticist rhetorical tradition ⓘ
usedIn	history of Greek literature ⓘ study of ancient rhetoric ⓘ

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