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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451271503321

Autore

Sealey Raphael

Titolo

Demosthenes and his time [[electronic resource] ] : a study in defeat / / Raphael Sealey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-280-52651-3

0-19-535996-8

1-4294-0768-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

938/.5

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Greece Antiquities

Athens (Greece) Politics and government

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Subject; 1. The Crisis of 387/6; 2. The Athenians and Their Environment; 3. Athens and the New League; 4. Destabilization in the North; 5. Before and After the Social War; 6. War and Peace in the North; 7. The Athenians Frustrated; 8. The Athenians Defeated; APPENDIX 1. The Transmission of the Demosthenic Corpus; APPENDIX 2. Questions of Authenticity of Some Demosthenic Speeches; APPENDIX 3. Autonomia; APPENDIX 4. Dates in the Early Life of Demosthenes; APPENDIX 5. Chronological Notes on the 360s; APPENDIX 6. The Theoric Fund; APPENDIX 7. Euboia 343-340

APPENDIX 8. The Chronology of the Scandal of HarpalosAPPENDIX 9. The Athenian Calendars; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the political history of Greece, particularly in relation to Athens, from 386 to 322 BC.