Logographer (legal)
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
| Names | λογογράφος (logographos) |
Occupation type | Classical Athenian literary and legal-rhetorical occupation |
| Description | |
| Competencies | Forensic rhetoric; knowledge of Athenian law and procedure; composition under timed delivery |
Education required | Training with sophists and rhetors; practical experience in litigation |
Related jobs | Speechwriter, Rhetorician, Sophist |
A logographer (λογογράφος, logographos) in Classical Athens was a professional author of forensic speeches composed for delivery by litigants in the popular courts. The modern term speechwriter is a close functional analogue. Most evidence concerns Athens in the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, though similar practices occurred elsewhere in the Greek world.