Demosthenes and His Influence
Author | : Charles Darwin Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Oratory, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Darwin Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Oratory, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Darwin Adams |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : Charles Darwin Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1963 |
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Author | : Charles Darwin Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258853709 |
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
Author | : Ian Worthington |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0190263563 |
The first ever biography of Demosthenes written in English for a popular audience, set against the rich backdrop of late classical Greece and Macedonia
Author | : Ian Worthington |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2002-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134628927 |
Demosthenes is often adjudged the statesman par excellence, and his oratory as some of the finest to survive from classical times. Contemporary politicians still quote him in their speeches and for some he is the supreme example of a patriot. This landmark study of this remarkable man and his long career, the first to focus on him for more than 80 years, looks at the background behind this reputation and asks whether it is truly deserved.
Author | : James Fredal |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780809325948 |
Twenty-eight illustrations are included."--Jacket.
Author | : Demosthenes |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2015-05-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781512306903 |
Demosthenes, the son of Demosthenes of Paeania in Attica, a rich and highly respected factory-owner, was born in or about the year 384 B.C. He was early left an orphan; his guardians mismanaged his property for their own advantage; and although, soon after coming of age in 366, he took proceedings against them and was victorious in the law-courts, he appears to have recovered comparatively little from them. In preparing for these proceedings he had the assistance of Isaeus, a teacher and writer of speeches who was remarkable for his knowledge of law, his complete mastery of all the aspects of any case with which he had to do, and his skill in dealing with questions of ownership and inheritance. Demosthenes' speeches against his guardians show plainly the influence of Isaeus, and the teacher may have developed in his pupil the thoroughness and the ingenuity in handling legal arguments which afterwards became characteristic of his work. Apart from this litigation with his guardians, we know little of Demosthenes' youth and early manhood. Various stories have come down to us (for the most part not on the best authority), of his having been inspired to aim at an orator's career by the eloquence and fame of Callistratus; of his having overcome serious physical defects by assiduous practice; of his having failed, nevertheless, owing to imperfections of delivery, in his early appearances before the people, and having been enabled to remedy these by the instruction of the celebrated actor Satyrus; and of his close study of the History of Thucydides. Upon the latter point the evidence of his early style leaves no room for doubt, and the same studies may have contributed to the skill and impressiveness with which, in nearly every oration, he appeals to the events of the past, and sums up the lessons of history. Whether he came personally under the influence either of Plato, the philosopher, or of Isocrates, the greatest rhetorical teacher of his time, and a political pamphleteer of high principles but little practical insight, is much more doubtful. The two men were almost as different in temperament and aims as it was possible to be, but Demosthenes' familiarity with the published speeches of Isocrates, and with the rhetorical principles which Isocrates taught and followed, can scarcely be questioned.
Author | : Demosthenes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2015-05-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781512307702 |
Demosthenes, the son of Demosthenes of Paeania in Attica, a rich and highly respected factory-owner, was born in or about the year 384 B.C. He was early left an orphan; his guardians mismanaged his property for their own advantage; and although, soon after coming of age in 366, he took proceedings against them and was victorious in the law-courts, he appears to have recovered comparatively little from them. In preparing for these proceedings he had the assistance of Isaeus, a teacher and writer of speeches who was remarkable for his knowledge of law, his complete mastery of all the aspects of any case with which he had to do, and his skill in dealing with questions of ownership and inheritance. Demosthenes' speeches against his guardians show plainly the influence of Isaeus, and the teacher may have developed in his pupil the thoroughness and the ingenuity in handling legal arguments which afterwards became characteristic of his work. Apart from this litigation with his guardians, we know little of Demosthenes' youth and early manhood. Various stories have come down to us (for the most part not on the best authority), of his having been inspired to aim at an orator's career by the eloquence and fame of Callistratus; of his having overcome serious physical defects by assiduous practice; of his having failed, nevertheless, owing to imperfections of delivery, in his early appearances before the people, and having been enabled to remedy these by the instruction of the celebrated actor Satyrus; and of his close study of the History of Thucydides. Upon the latter point the evidence of his early style leaves no room for doubt, and the same studies may have contributed to the skill and impressiveness with which, in nearly every oration, he appeals to the events of the past, and sums up the lessons of history. Whether he came personally under the influence either of Plato, the philosopher, or of Isocrates, the greatest rhetorical teacher of his time, and a political pamphleteer of high principles but little practical insight, is much more doubtful. The two men were almost as different in temperament and aims as it was possible to be, but Demosthenes' familiarity with the published speeches of Isocrates, and with the rhetorical principles which Isocrates taught and followed, can scarcely be questioned.
Author | : Demosthenes |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2022-09-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes" (Literally translated with notes) by Demosthenes. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.