Isokrates, the Forensic Speeches (Nos. 16-21). Volume I & II : introduction, text, translation and commentary / [edited with introduction and notes by] David Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isocrates, author.

Contributor:

Whitehead, David, 1949- editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. English. 2022

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Isocrates--Translations into English.

Isocrates.

Forensic orations--Translations into English.

Forensic orations.

Forensic orations--Greece.

Isocrates--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 1142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The Athenian Isokrates (436-338 BC) is well-known for his long career as an educator and pundit; but originally he wrote 'forensic' speeches, i.e. for delivery in court. Six of them survive (five from Athens, one from Aigina), on issues including assault, fraud and inheritance. Here for the first time, after a General Introduction, they are presented and analysed in depth as a self-contained group. The Greek text and a facing English translation - both new - are augmented by commentaries which juxtapose this material with other surviving writers in the genre (and with Isocrates' own later output). In the process, too, the speeches' historical background, personnel, legal context, rhetorical strategies and all other relevant topics are explored.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009214506 (ebook)

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