An Origin of a Theory: A Comparison of Ethos in the Homeric Iliad with that Found in Aristotle’s Rhetoric
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Homer’s Iliad is an epic story about human character, which predates the Aristotelian lectures by some four hundred years. While classical scholars have always valued Aristotle’s notion of ethos as a primary factor in persuasion, few have traced this concept to this earlier period. Following a close analysis of speeches in the Iliad, this examination attempts to reconstruct what Homer’s theory of character might have looked like. While Aristotle seems to have understood character much differently than did Homer, enough evidence exists to suggest that Aristotle may have embraced Homer’s Iliad and the story it tells about the importance of age, social convention, and the heroic.
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