| Empedocles (Herrick,28) | This mystery man of the fifth century BC reflected the mysticism surrounding persuasive speech at that time. He was seen as a magician, or wizard of sorts; this would be like American citizens saying that Reagan cast a spell on the Gorbachev during his speech at the Berlin War (despite its greater irrelevance to the end of the Cold War). |
| Aristophanes (Herrick,33) | This traditionalist critic of the Sophists represents the sect that exists even in modern societies. He believed in, and despised those who felt otherwise, the need for straight talk and a focus on the here and now, not the speculator. |
| Solon (Herrick, 29) | This man was one of the political MOVERS of the ancient Athens. His political reforms reflected the city-state’s fierce belief of freedom and the power of the common man. It also separated the freedman from the slave; this bold line changed what it meant to be a slave, and had the blessing of putting the peasantry safely and securely on the free side for the first time. |
| Corax (Greek intro, 10) | This man studied the mysterious powers of certain speakers in court and put out verbally a concrete answer for what everyone was silently wondering…he took away the magic behind Empedocles. |
| Enheduanna (Greek Intro, 14) | |
| Anaximander (Greek intro, 17 |
