The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World

Rhetoric - A New Path to Political Power (1x24)

Fecha de emisión: May 01, 2009

Ephialtes' radical democracy created a demand for orators. These individuals were called rhêtores, or speakers. Out of this grew the term "demagogue," or leader of the people, which took on an odious connotation. You examine how rhetoric came to be exploited for political ends—and for deceiving the people.