The Athenian Funeral Orations

ISBN-13: 9781585100781 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 106 str.

Judson Herrman

Opis

This is a collection of all the surviving state funeral orations from Athens, including Thucydides, Gorgias, Lysias, Plato Menexenus, Demosthenes, and Hyperides. To stimulate student discussion and comparison, Lincoln's address at Gettysburg is included in an appendix. Translations are in English, including introduction and notes, as well as literary and historical commentary.