Counsels to the Athenian Democracy: On Isocrates’ Cyprian Orations

• In Event: Education and Rhetoric in the Classical Republic

Brief Overview

I read Isocrates (436-338BC) as a democratically engaged Athenian who aims at improving the judgment of his fellow citizens and who might help us get a sense of perspective on problems of judgment specific to contemporary liberal democracy.

Author

• Andreas Avgousti, Simon Fraser University