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This is the fourteenth volume in the 'Oratory of Classical Greece'. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especiall...
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University of Texas Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Austin, Texas : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Ancient Greek |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
The oratory of classical Greece ;
volume 14 |
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| Summary: |
This is the fourteenth volume in the 'Oratory of Classical Greece'. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have recently been attracting particular interest: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains translations of all the surviving deliberative speeches of Demosthenes (plus two that are almost certainly not his, although they have been passed down as part of his corpus), as well as the text of a letter from Philip of Macedon to the Athenians. All of the speeches were purportedly written to be delivered to the Athenian assembly and are in fact almost the only examples in Attic oratory of the genre of deliberative oratory. In the Olynthiac and Philippic speeches, Demosthenes identifies the Macedonian king Philip as a major threat to Athens and urges direct action against him. The Philippic speeches later inspired the Roman orator Cicero in his own attacks against Mark Antony, and became one of Demosthenes' claims to fame throughout history. |
| Carrier Form: | xxxii, 318 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-307) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780292729094 029272909X 9780292726772 0292726775 9780292735507 0292735502 |
| Index Number: | PA3951 |
| CLC: |
D754.59 I545.62 |
| Call Number: | I545.62/D387-4 |
| Contents: | Series editor's preface (Michael Gagarin) -- Translator's preface (Jeremy Trevett) -- Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin) -- Oratory in classical Athens -- The oratory -- Abbreviations -- Note on currency -- Bibliography of works cited -- Introduction to Demosthenes -- (Michael Gagarin) -- Life -- Works -- Style -- Significance -- Introduction to theis volume (Jeremy Trevett) -- Political life in fourth-century Athens -- Athens in the middle of the fourth century -- Philip of Macedon -- Demosthene's policies -- Composition, delivery, and publication -- Ancient commentators on Demosthenes -- List of works in this volume -- Chronology -- Demosthenes (JeremyTrevett) -- First Olynthiac -- Second Olynthiac -- First Philippic -- On Halonnesus -- On the Chersonese -- Third Philippic -- Fourth Philippic -- Response to the letter of Philip -- On organization -- On the Symmories -- -- On the freedom of Rhodians -- For the Megalopolitans -- On the agreement with Alexander -- Bibliography for this volume -- Index. |