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Thucydides, Isocrates, and the Rhetorical Method of Composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

H. Ll. Hudson-Williams
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool

Extract

Was Isocrates influenced by Thudydides? Wilamowitz at first suspended judgement and later decided he was not, but he did not go into the question. Attempts have since been made to prove close and direct influence. The question assumes greater interest and importance because of the immense influence of rhetoric on the writing of history in the fourth century and of the generally accepted tradition that Isocrates’ pupils included well-known historians like Ephorus, Theopompus, and the ‘Atthis’ writer Androtion.

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1948

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