Demosthenes
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ISBN | : 9780434993468 |
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Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Oratory, Ancient |
ISBN | : 9780674993518 |
DEMOSTHENES (384-322 B.C.), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to the rise of Philip of Macedon to supremacy. We possess of him law-court speeches composed for parties in private cases, for parties in political cases, and political speeches. His early reputation as the best of Greek orators rests on his steadfastness of purpose, his sincerity, his clear and pungent argument, and his severe control of language. In his law-cases he is the advocate, in his political speeches a castigator not of his opponents but of their politics. We obtain brilliant pictures of public and private life of his time.
Author | : Demosthenes Demosthenes |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2018-02-24 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780666284013 |
Excerpt from Demosthenes Private Orations, Vol. 2 of 4: With an English Translation by A. T. Murray In bullion value the Talent may be regarded as worth something more than two hundred Pounds Sterling, but its purchasing power was very much greater. Besides the regular Attic coins there is mention in these volumes also Of the Stater of Cyzicus, the value of which is given as twenty-eight Attic Drachmae, and that Of Phocaea, a somewhat heavier coin. These were both of electrum, an alloy of gold and Silver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1916 |
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Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0292783035 |
This is the sixth 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 been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity; indeed, his very eminence may be responsible for the inclusion under his name of a number of speeches he almost certainly did not write. This volume contains four speeches that are most probably the work of Apollodorus, who is often known as "the Eleventh Attic Orator." Regardless of their authorship, however, this set of ten law court speeches gives a vivid sense of public and private life in fourth-century BC Athens. They tell of the friendships and quarrels of rural neighbors, of young men joined in raucous, intentionally shocking behavior, of families enduring great poverty, and of the intricate involvement of prostitutes in the lives of citizens. They also deal with the outfitting of warships, the grain trade, challenges to citizenship, and restrictions on the civic role of men in debt to the state.