Terms (Studying Rhetoric in Ancient Greece)

Question 1

The Study of Communication was called? And the Teachers of Communication were known as?

Answer 1

Rhetoric

Rhetoricians

Question 2

If you were looking for a place to study rhetoric in Athens around 335 B.C., your best bet would be a school called?

Answer 2

Lyceum. The Lyceum was founded by Aristotle.
Aristotle, whose writings on rhetoric are considered by many to be the single greatest source of rhetorical theory. Born in 384 B.C., Aristotle was a student of the other great Greek philosopher, Plato, and attended Plato’s Academy. Before starting the Lyceum, Aristotle served as tutor to the young son of Philip of Macedon, the child who grew up to be Alexander the Great.

Question 3

Cave paintings attest to the universal human need to record and communicate experience. Written records in all ancient civilizations (?) show that communication has long been an object of study.

Answer 3

Egypt, Babylon, India, and China

Question 4

The serious study of communication can be traced back to ?

Answer 4

Ancient Greece and Rome, where rhetoricians first laid out the principles that guide us today.