The documents in the Attic orators : laws and decrees in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus / Mirko Canevaro ; with a chapter by E.M. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canevaro, Mirko, author.

Contributor:

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Harris, Edward Monroe, contributor.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Forensic orations.

Athens (Greece)--History.

Athens (Greece).

Demosthenes.

Forensic orations--Greece--Athens.

Law, Greek.

Greece--Athens.

Physical Description:

xviii, 389 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English and Greek.

Summary:

In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus. These documents purport to be Athenian statutes and, if authentic, provide invaluable information about Athenian history, law, and institutions. Offering a comprehensive account of the presence of the documents in the corpora of the orators and in the manuscript tradition, this volume summarizes previous scholarship and delineates a new methodology for analyzing the documents.

Contents:

Introduction: Documents, speeches, and their tradition

The Against Aristocrates (Dem. 23)

The Against Timocrates (Dem. 24)

The Against Neaera (Dem. 59)

The Against Meidias (Dem. 21) / by E.M. Harris

The speech On the crown (Dem. 18)

Conclusions: The origin of the documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

9780199668908

0199668906

OCLC:

812066417