Isaeus / translated with introduction and notes by Michael Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaeus, approximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C.

Contributor:

Edwards, Michael, 1958-

Series:

Oratory of classical Greece ; v. 11.

The Oratory of Classical Greece ; v. 11

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Isaeus, approximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C.

Inheritance and succession (Greek law)--Sources.

Inheritance and succession (Greek law).

Inheritance and succession--Greece--Athens--Sources.

Inheritance and succession.

Forensic orations--Greece--Athens.

Forensic orations.

Isaeus, approximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C--Translations into English.

Isaeus.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--Translations into English.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.

Greece--Athens.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 229 pages : genealogical tables ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

Summary:

The orator Isaeus lived during the fourth century BC and was said to be the teacher of Demosthenes, Athens' most famous orator. Of the fifty or more speeches he is believed to have written, eleven survive in whole, one as a large fragment, and others as smaller fragments. This volume presents all the surviving works of Isaeus. The speeches mainly deal with inheritances and are a vital source of information regarding Greek law in this important area. In addition to translating the speeches, Michael Edwards provides a general introduction to Isaeus and Athenian inheritance law, as well as specific introductions and notes for each speech.

Notes:

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292716452

0292716451

9780292716469

029271646X

OCLC:

77271220

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