A commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I : with rhetorical analyses of Philippics II and III / Cecil Wooten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wooten, Cecil W., 1945-

Series:

American Philological Association texts and commentaries series

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Demosthenes. Philippicae.

Demosthenes.

Physical Description:

xiii, 179 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Demosthenes's Philippic I, delivered between 351 B.C. - 350 B.C., was the first speech by a prominent politician against the growing power of Philip II of Macedon. Along with the other Philippics of Demostheses, it is arguably one of the finest deliberative speeches from antiquity. The presentvolume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. Aiming his commentary at advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, Cecil Wooten addresses rhetorical and stylistic matters, historicalbackground, and grammatical problems. In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I, this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xi]-xiii) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780195333268

0195333268

9780195333275

0195333276

OCLC:

87754660