The Impact of the Literate Revolution on Orality in Ancient Athens: A Synthesis Essay on Rhetorical Research with Commentary

Richard Leo Enos

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Rhetoric and Communication Studies Classical Antiquity Studies Media, Communication, and Education

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The impact of written communication in ancient Athens, particularly the social consequences of literacy on an oral culture, has been a subject of keen interest among rhetoricians. This essay synthesizes current research on the impact of literacy in ancient Athens from a rhetorical vector. One of the principal observations discussed in this review of current research is that the alphabetic writing of oral discourse better enabled rhetors to invent and compose complex modes of oral argument and persuasion than the heuristics of orality alone.

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