Demosthenes: On the Crown
Demosthenes: On the Crown
Author:
Demosthenes
Editor:
Harvey Yunis, Rice University, Houston
Published:
June 2001
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521629300
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Paperback
This volume presents a newly edited Greek text of one of the masterpieces of ancient Greek prose, a speech delivered by the orator Demosthenes before a court in Athens in 330 BCE. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary that elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.
- Makes this masterpiece of Greek literature accessible to today's students
- Contains a new text with full commentary on all linguistic, historical and rhetorical matters
- Designed for a broad audience: students at all levels as well as teachers and scholars
Reviews & endorsements
"I am very grateful to have this up-to-date English commentary on Demosthenes' greatest speeches available for my own research and for use in advanced Greek courses. Yunis has done the field a great service." New England Classical Journal
Product details
- Published: June 2001
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521629300
- Length: 332 pages
- Dimensions: 187 × 124 × 23 mm
- Weight: 0.345kg
- Contains: 1 map
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Map of Greece, Macedon and the Aegean
- Introduction
- 1. Athenian politics in response to Macedonian expansion
- 2. The graphē paranomōn and the trial on Demosthenes' crown
- 3. Explaining Chaeronea
- 4. Demosthenes' rhetorical art
- 5. Speech, text, transmission
- Demosthenous Hyper Ktesiphontos Peri Tou Stephanou
- Commentary
- Appendix I. Synopsis of the argument
- Appendix II. Timeline of major events
- Bibliography
- Index of Greek words
- General index.
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