Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are
elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest
form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for
delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies
enjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best
of them have great vitality. There is no crude, primitive stage
of development: the earliest speeches are perfect in form and
highly sophisticated in technique. They inform the reader about
aspects of Greek society and about their moral values, in a
direct and illuminating way not paralleled in other literature.
Text with translation, commentary and notes.
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Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies enjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best of them have great vitality.
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Preface
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The manuscript and text
THE SPEECHES
Introduction 1: On the mysteries
Text and translation
Introduction 2 On his return
Text and translation
Introduction 3: On the peace with the Spartans
text and translation
Introduction 4: Against Alcibiades
Apparatus Criticus
COMMENTARY
Appendix A: The family of Andocides
Appendix B: The family of Callias
Appendix C: The language and style of the against Alcibiades
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ISBN
9780856685279
Publisert
1995-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Aris & Phillips Ltd
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Gresk, klassisk
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