The Rhetoric of Parody in Plato's Menexenus.
The article explores the philosophical implications of the rhetoric of parody in the Platonic dialogue "Menexenus." The author contends that the parodic strategy of amplification is used to stress anachronism and present criticism of funeral oratory, rhetoric, and Athens, Greece generally. The autho...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy & Rhetoric Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 29 - 59 |
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Pennsylvania State University Press
2009
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