Demosthenes and his time : a study in defeat / Raphael Sealey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sealey, Raphael, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demosthenes.

Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Local Subjects:

Demosthenes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 340 pages) : map

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of the political history of Greece, particularly in relation to Athens, from 386 to 322 BC.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Subject; 1. The Crisis of 387/6; 2. The Athenians and Their Environment; 3. Athens and the New League; 4. Destabilization in the North; 5. Before and After the Social War; 6. War and Peace in the North; 7. The Athenians Frustrated; 8. The Athenians Defeated; APPENDIX 1. The Transmission of the Demosthenic Corpus; APPENDIX 2. Questions of Authenticity of Some Demosthenic Speeches; APPENDIX 3. Autonomia; APPENDIX 4. Dates in the Early Life of Demosthenes; APPENDIX 5. Chronological Notes on the 360s; APPENDIX 6. The Theoric Fund; APPENDIX 7. Euboia 343-340; APPENDIX 8. The Chronology of the Scandal of Harpalos; APPENDIX 9. The Athenian Calendars; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages; General Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771251-7

1-280-52651-3

0-19-535996-8

1-4294-0768-9

OCLC:

182530789