Demosthenes: Selected Political Speeches

ISBN-13: 9781107610842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 306 str.

Judson Herrman

Opis

This edition of five of Demosthenes' Assembly speeches arguing for a military response to Philip II of Macedon is aimed at students. The extensive introduction and grammatical notes fully explicate the Greek text and provide abundant detail and up-to-date references to help readers understand the historical and literary context.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Historical background; 2. Assembly speeches; 3. Language and style; 4. Publication; 5. The afterlife of the speeches; 6. The text: 1 ΟΛΥΝΘΙΑΚΟΣ Α; 2 ΟΛΥΝΘΙΑΚΟΣ Β; 3 ΟΛΥΝΘΙΑΚΟΣ Γ; 4 ΚΑΤΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; 9 ΚΑΤΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Γ; Commentary; First Olynthiac; Second Olynthiac; Third Olynthiac; First Philippic; Third Philippic.

O autorze

Herrman, Judson Judson Herrman is Frank T. McClure Professor of Greek and Latin and Chair of the History Department at Allegheny College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of two previous books: an annotated collection of translations, The Athenian Funeral Orations (2004), and a critical edition of Hyperides: Funeral Oration (2009), with an extensive introduction and commentary.