Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Sir Richard Claverhouse (R. C.) Jebb (1841 1905) was a prominent classical scholar and politician. Jebb was University Orator at Cambridge before becoming Professor of Greek at Glasgow in 1875, and eventually returning to Cambridge as Regius Professor. His many publications include books on Greek oratory, Homer, and modern Greece as well as editions of ancient Greek drama. The two-volume Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos (1876) was written with two primary objectives: to attend to a significant but often neglected element of Greek literature, Attic prose oratory, and to situate that oratory within its social and political contexts. Jebb analyses a number of rhetors from the period before Demosthenes, providing a thorough overview of the genre during this 'best period of Athens'. Volume 1 establishes the broader historical context before turning to close analysis of the lives, historical contexts, and works of the orators Antiphon, Andokides and Lysias.

Richard C. Sir Richard C. Sir Richard C. Sir Richard C. Jebb, Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, was a prominent Victorian classicist. His Sophocles editions had a huge impact on subsequent studies.

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ISBN 13	9781108011792
ISBN 10	1108011799
Title	Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos
Author	Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Series	Attic Orators From Antiphon To Isaeos 2 Volume Paperback Set
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2010-06-10
Number of pages	504
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