Demosthenes, speeches 1-17
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Demosthenes, speeches 1-17
（The oratory of classical Greece, v. 14）
University of Texas Press, 2011
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Speeches 1-17
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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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