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Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 Jeremy Trevett

Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 By Jeremy Trevett

Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 by Jeremy Trevett


Summary

This collection of oratory by or ascribed to the most renowned of the ancient Greek orators presents the Philippic and Olynthiac speeches-deliberative speeches denouncing Philip of Macedon-plus a letter from Philip to the Athenians.

Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 Summary

Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 by Jeremy Trevett

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.

About Jeremy Trevett

Jeremy Trevett is Associate Professor of History at York University.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface (Michael Gagarin) Translator's Preface (Jeremy Trevett) Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin) Oratory in Classical Athens The Orators The Works of the Orators Government and Law in Classical Athens The Translation of Greek Oratory Abbreviations Note on Currency Bibliography of Works Cited Introduction to Demosthenes (Michael Gagarin) Life Works Style Significance Introduction to This Volume (Jeremy Trevett) Political Life in Fourth-Century Athens Athens in the Middle of the Fourth Century Philip of Macedon Demosthenes' Policies Composition, Delivery and Publication Ancient Commentators on Demosthenes List of Works in This Volume Chronology DEMOSTHENES (Jeremy Trevett) 1. First Olynthiac 2. Second Olynthiac 3. Third Olynthiac 4. First Philippic 5. On the Peace 6. Second Philippic 7. On Halonnesus 8. On the Chersonese 9. Third Philippic 10. Fourth Philippic 11. Response to the Letter of Philip 12. Letter of Philip 13. On Organization 14. On the Symmories 15. On the Freedom of the Rhodians 16. For the Megalopolitans 17. On the Agreement with Alexander Bibliography for This Volume Index

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CIN029272909XG
9780292729094
029272909X
Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17 by Jeremy Trevett
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Texas Press
20111201
352
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