Well the Greeks did introduce us to wordslike’sophistry’and’demagogue’.
They did have characters like Cleon, & Alcibiades. A Clinton, an Obama, a Dean, wouldn’t be too far removed from their experience.
Although Marc Anthony’s funeral oration “I come not to bury Caesar” or the speeches of Catiline,another Roman probably have more of the flavor that one is looking for.There
has not been anything new under the sun in this regard.