Speeches 50-59 / translated by Victor Bers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demosthenes.

Contributor:

Bers, Victor.

Series:

Oratory of classical Greece ; v. 6.

Oratory of classical Greece ; v. 6

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2003

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demosthenes--Translations into English.

Demosthenes.

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

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.

Athens (Greece)--Politics and government--Early works to 1800.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the sixth 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 been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity; indeed, his very eminence may be responsible for the inclusion under his name of a number of speeches he almost certainly did not write. This volume contains four speeches that are most probably the work of Apollodorus, who is often known as "the Eleventh Attic Orator." Regardless of their authorship, however, this set of ten law court speeches gives a vivid sense of public and private life in fourth-century BC Athens. They tell of the friendships and quarrels of rural neighbors, of young men joined in raucous, intentionally shocking behavior, of families enduring great poverty, and of the intricate involvement of prostitutes in the lives of citizens. They also deal with the outfitting of warships, the grain trade, challenges to citizenship, and restrictions on the civic role of men in debt to the state.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

SERIES INTRODUCTION Greek Oratory

INTRODUCTION TO DEMOSTHENES

INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME

DEMOSTHENES, SPEECHES 50 –59

50. AGAINST POLYCLES IN THE MATTER OF A PERIOD OF SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE AS TRIERARCH

51. ON THE TRIERARCHIC CROWN

52. AGAINST CALLIPPUS

53. AGAINST NICOSTRATUS

54. AGAINST CONON

55. AGAINST CALLICLES FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY

56. AGAINST DIONYSODORUS FOR DAMAGES

57. APPEAL AGAINST EUBULIDES

58. AGAINST THEOCRINES

59. AGAINST NEAERA

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79771-0

OCLC:

614958870