Screen LibraryDinarchus, Hyperides, and Lycurgus /
"This volume combines the surviving speeches of three orators who stand at the end of the classical period. Dinarchus was not an Athenian, but he was called on to write speeches in connection with a corruption scandal (the Harpalus affair) that put an end to the career of Demosthenes. His speec...
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University of Texas Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Austin, Texas : |
| Publication Dates: | 2001. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Ancient Greek |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
The oratory of classical Greece ;
volume 5 |
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| Summary: |
"This volume combines the surviving speeches of three orators who stand at the end of the classical period. Dinarchus was not an Athenian, but he was called on to write speeches in connection with a corruption scandal (the Harpalus affair) that put an end to the career of Demosthenes. His speeches thus raise many of the vital issues surrounding the Macedonian conquest of Athens and the final years of Athenian democracy. Hyperides was an important public figure who was involved in many of the events described by Dinarchus and Lycurgus. His speeches open a window into many interesting facets of Athenian life. Lycurgus was one of the leading politicians in Athens during the reign of Alexander the Great and put Athenian public finances on a more secure footing. He was also a deeply religious man, who tried to revive Athenian patriotism after the crushing defeat at Chaeronea."--Jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | xxviii, 226 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780292791435 0292791437 9780292791428 (hardcover ; 0292791429 |
| Index Number: | PA3633 |
| CLC: | I545.62 |
| Call Number: | I545.62/D583 |
| Contents: |
Oratory in Classical Athens -- The Orators -- The Works of the Orators -- Government and Law in Classical Athens -- The Translation of Greek Oratory -- Note on Currency -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Supplementary Bibliography for Volume 5 -- Dinarchus / Introduction to Dinarchus -- Against Demosthenes -- Against Aristogeiton -- Against Philocles -- Hyperides / Introduction to Hyperides -- In Defense of Lycophron -- Against Philippides -- Against Athenogenes -- On Behalf of Euxenippus -- The Funeral Oration -- Fragments -- Lycurgus / Introduction to Lycurgus -- Against Leocrates -- Fragments. |