The Oxford handbook of Demosthenes / edited by Gunther Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Gunther, 1976- editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Oxford handbooks in classical studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demosthenes--Criticism and interpretation.

Demosthenes.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Demosthenes

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. This handbook explores the many facets of his life, work, and time, giving particular weight to his social and historical context and thereby illustrating the interplay and mutual influence between his rhetoric and the environment from which it emerged.

Contents:

Introduction / Gunther Martin

Diplomacy / Peter Hunt

Athenian Foreign Policy / P. J. Rhodes

Athenian State Finances / Edmund Burke

Military / Leonhard Burckhardt

Corruption / Robert Nichols

Views on the Past / Guy Westwood

Visions of Attica / Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner

Trade and Credit / Sitta von Reden

Demosthenic Scholarship / Thomas Paulsen

The Social and Legal Position of Metics, Foreigners, and Slaves / Konstantinos Kapparis

The Ideology of Athenian Values / Joseph Roisman

Local Communities, Neighbourhoods / Winfried Schmitz

Kinship / Sally Humphreys

Religion / Hannah Willey

City and Countryside / R. Osborne

The Biographic Tradition / Brad L. Cook

Family, Formation, Extra-Political Activities / Iris Samotta

Political Career / Christos Karvounis

Allies and Foes (I): Aeschines, Hyperides, Lycurgus / Noriko Sawada

Literary Readings of Oratory / Gottfried Mader

Allies and Foes (II): Politicians without Transmitted Speeches / Luigi Gallo

Afterlife (Antiquity and Byzantine Era) / Luciano Canfora

Afterlife (Modern Era) / Alastair Blanshard

Assembly/Public Speeches / Edward Harris

Private Speeches / Pietro Cobbetto Ghiggia

The Epitaphios, Erotikos, Prooimia, and Letters / Ian Worthington

Rhetorical Technique / Cecil Wooten

Authenticity, Composition, Publication / Jeremy Trevett

Transmission of the Corpus Demosthenicum / Gunther Martin

Historical Readings of Oratory / Adele C. Scafuro

The Place of Oratory in Fourth-Century Politics and Culture / Katharina Wojciech

Public Opinion and the Arenas of Debate / Karen Piepenbrink

Law and Justice / Mirko Canevaro

Court Procedures and Arbitration / Michael Gagarin

Political Elites / Susan Lape.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191782176

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.