Introduction

This introduction establishes the context for the volume: the development over the 1990s and 2000s of various new approaches to social history in the Attic orators. It briefly tracks the development of these approaches under the three themes of the volume—gender, status, and space—then establishes how these have been applied to Athenian oratory and points out some areas for future development. It closes by providing an overview of the content of the chapters in the volume.