The letters of Demosthenes / Jonathan A. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929-

Contributor:

Demosthenes.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Demosthenes. Correspondence.

Demosthenes.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 320 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Columbia University Press, 1968.

Contents:

Part 1. Introductory Studies. The problem of authenticity; The transmission of the text; The style of the letters; The alternatives to authenticity

Part 2. Historical Analysis. The historical background; Historical analysis and the problem of authenticity

Part 3. Rhetorical Analysis. The forms of ancient apology and polemic, real and fictitious; Rhetorical analysis of the letters

Part 4. Translation. Epistle 3. Concerning the Sons of Lycurgus; Epistle 2. Concerning His Own Restoration; Epistle 4. Concerning the Slanders of Theramenes; Epistle 1. On Concord

Part 5. Commentary. Epistle 3. Concerning the Sons of Lycurgus; Epistle 2. Concerning His Own Restoration; Epistle 4. Cocerning the Slanders of Theramenes; Epistle 1. On Concord.

Notes:

"In this study I wish to establish the authenticity of Demosthenes' Epistles 1 to 4 and to extract all possible historical information from them."--Preface.

A revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1959.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303.) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acc.# 7902

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok".

Related Work:

Demosthenes. Correspondence.

OCLC:

325227