This book is an addition to the burgeoning secondary literature on ancient emotions. Its
primary aim is to suggest possible ways in which recent approaches to emotions can help us
understand significant aspects of persuasion in classical antiquity and especially audiences'
psychological manipulation in the civic procedures of classical Athens. Based on cognitive
approaches to emotions Skinner's theoretical work on the language of ideology or ancient
theories about enargeia the book examines pivotal aspects of psychological manipulation in
ancient rhetorical theory and practice. At the same time the book looks into possible ways in
which the emotive potentialities of vision -both sights and mental images- are explained or
deployed by orators. The book includes substantial discussion of Gorgias' approach to sights '
emotional qualities and their implications for persuasion and deception and the importance of
visuality for Thucydides' analysis of emotions' role in the polis' public communication. It
also looks into the deployment of enargeia in forensic narratives revolving around violence.
The book also focuses on the ideological implications of envy for the political discourse of
classical Athens and emphasizes the rhetorical strategies employed by self-praising speakers
who want to preempt their listeners' loathing. The book is therefore a useful addition to the
burgeoning secondary literature on ancient emotions. Despite the prominence of emotions in
classicists' scholarly work their implications for persuasion is undeservedly
under-researched. By employing appraisal-oriented analysis of emotions this books suggests new
methodological approaches to ancient pathopoiia. These approaches take into consideration the
wider ideological or cultural contexts which determine individual speakers' rhetorical
strategies. This book is the second volume of Ancient Emotions edited by George Kazantzidis
and Dimos Spatharas within the series Trends in Classics. Supplementary Volumes. This project
investigates the history of emotions in classical antiquity providing a home for
interdisciplinary approaches to ancient emotions and exploring the inter-faces between
emotions and significant aspects of ancient literature and culture
