Resumen de Zwischen Kontinuatät und Wandel: Die Kommunikation von Rhetoren un Demos im Klassischen Athen
The article demonstrates that in Athenian democracy in the communication between speakers and demos from the age of Pericles to Demosthenes’ time profound continuities prevail. The expectations of the demos towards the speakers do not change within this period. The same applies to the institutional framework conditions under which the speakers operate. There are just gradual changes in argumentation, for example concerning reference to the past.
