Retoren en demokratie. Funkties en disfunkties van de retorika in klassiek Athene.

From the last part of the fifth century onwards, orators trained in rhetoric became increasingly important in the Athenian democracy, as politicians, logographers and lawyers. Because of their expertise in rhetoric as well as administration and law they are usually described as the first 'professionals’ in the Athenian political system. In this study I suggest that the orators merely operated with a different type of values than at the time were dominant in Athens, as was also the case with the Sophists,who, because of their adherence to new values, became involved in a clash with a large part of the Athenian citizenry. ... Zie: Summary