Introduction
Part One 3.0
1. Enthymeme 3.0: The Truncated Syllogism
2. 3.0 and Its Problems
Part Two 2.0
3. Aristotle, Sullogismos, and 2.0
4. 2.0 and Its Problems
Part Three 1.0
5. Enthymizing in the Orators
6. Oratorical Enthymizing in Context
7. Enthymizing and Adversarial Narratives
Part Four Lysias and the Enthymeme
8. Enthymizing in Lysias 1, On the Death of Eratosthenes
9. A Many-Layered Tale
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
James Fredal is Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University. He is the author of Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens: Persuasive Artistry from Solon to Demosthenes.
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rhetorical speech and logic, and how they were regarded in
antiquity.”—Owen Goldin Classical Review
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