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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777355803321

Titolo

Demosthenes : statesman and orator / / edited by Ian Worthington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-62891-9

1-280-35469-0

0-203-18769-5

1-134-62892-7

0-203-25609-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WorthingtonIan

Disciplina

885.01B

885/.01 B

938.07092

Soggetti

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek - History and criticism

Politics and literature - Greece

Statesmen - Greece

Orators - Greece

Oratory, Ancient

Athens (Greece) Politics and government

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. 272-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Speech numbers and titles; Abbreviations; Introduction: Demosthenes, then and now IAN WORTHINGTON; The road to prominence E. BADIAN; Demosthenes and Philip II T.T.B. RYDER; Demosthenes' (in)activity during the reign of Alexander the Great IAN WORTHINGTON; Demosthenes and Aeschines JOHN BUCKLER; Demosthenes and the social historian MARK GOLDEN; Demosthenes as advocate: the private speeches DAVID C. MIRHADY; The public speeches of Demosthenes R.D. MILNS

Philosophers, politics, academics: Demosthenes' rhetorical reputation in antiquity CRAIG COOPER Demosthenes in the underworld: a chapter in the Nachleben of a rhtr PHILLIP HARDING; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Demosthenes is often adjudged the statesman par excellence, and his oratory as some of the finest to survive from classical times. Contemporary politicians still quote him in their speeches and for some he is the supreme example of a patriot. This landmark study of this remarkable man and his long career, the first to focus on him for more than 80 years, looks at the background behind this reputation and asks whether it is truly deserved.