Open House | Killing With Words: Character Assassination with Style, with Dr. Maria G. Xanthou
We were delighted to welcome Dr. Maria G. Xanthou FHEA, of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, to join members of the Kosmos Society for this recorded Open House discussion on: “Killing with words: Isocrates, Dio Chrysostom, and Libanius on how to commit character assassination with style.” (see below for the video). She introduces the topic as follows: As Monty Python’s sketch Argument Clinic illustrates, abusive discourse (psogos, loidōria, mempsis)… Read more