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An expert in classical rhetoric analyzes Trump
I’m a classics professor who researches the rhetoric of the Roman orator Cicero. Cicero lived from 106 to 43 BCE – he died a year after…
Alexander Hamilton’s Catiline Obsession
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway show Hamilton turned the “Ten Dollar Founding Father” into everyone’s new favorite historical…
Hillary Clinton’s Rhetorical Persona
This article is part of a two-part series using ancient rhetorical theory to analyze Hillary Clinton’s speeches. The other article is…
Lysistrata in Liberia
Reading Aristophanes’ Lysistrata with Leymah Gbowee’s memoir Mighty Be Our Powers