When Appearances Rule: The Perils of Periclean Democracy (Campaign 2008)

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When Appearances Rule: The Perils of Periclean Democracy (Campaign 2008)
      

In his Life of Pericles, Plutarch devotes nearly half of his narrative to the very careful preparations that his protagonist made for his entrance into political life. He employed some of the finest sophists (read media consultants, script punchers, and spin doctors) of his day to lend his speeches the rhythm and the timing that would reinforce the qualities of lofty and dispassionate analysis that he emphasized in his personal appearance ...
         

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