Demosthenes the Orator
Published on 3. December 2009
Book
Hardback
472 pages
978-0-19-928719-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the most comprehensive account available of the texts of Demosthenes, Douglas M. MacDowell describes and assesses all of the great orator's speeches, including those for the lawcourts as well as the addresses to the Ekklesia. Besides the genuine speeches, MacDowell also covers those which have probably wrongly been ascribed to Demosthenes, such as the ones written for delivery by Apollodorus; and he considers too the Epistles, the Prooemia, and the puzzling Erotic Speech.
Reviews / Votes
the first comprehensive scholarly treatment in English of the surviving corpus of Demosthenic speeches * Armand D'Angour, Times Literary Supplement * Demosthenes the Orator contains something for everyone. For a novice to Demosthenes, fourth-century Greece and Athenian oratory it provides a lucid introduction to the orator and his works, his historical contexts and his persuasive methods. To the Demosthenes enthusiast, there are new insights into old chesnuts * Fiona Hobden, Polis *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
851 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928719-2 (9780199287192)
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Demosthenes the Orator
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Person
Douglas M. MacDowell is Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Glasgow.
Content
1. Speeches and texts ; 2. Demosthenes' family and personal life ; 3. Demosthenes' inheritance ; 4. Other families ; 5. Apollodorus ; 6. Liturgies and the navy ; 7. Illegal proposals and unsuitable laws ; 8. The young politician ; 9. Assault and the rule of law ; 10. Trade and industry ; 11. Citizenship and disfranchisement ; 12. The Peace of Philokrates ; 13. War and defeat ; 14. The case of the crown ; 15. Style ; 16. The letters and the final years