Lysias by Lysias

Lysias by Lysias

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Summary

Lysias took the side of democracy against the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BC. Of a much larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan who was also a gentle, humorous man.

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Lysias by Lysias

Lysias took the side of democracy against the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BC. Of a much larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan who was also a gentle, humorous man.
Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb (1882–1961) lectured in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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ISBN 13 9780674992696
ISBN 10 0674992695
Title Lysias
Author Lysias
Series Loeb Classical Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1930-01-01
Number of pages 736
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.