03506nam 2200673 450 991045307950332120200903223051.090-04-26018-810.1163/9789004260184(CKB)2550000001115677(SSID)ssj0000983005(PQKBManifestationID)11648578(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983005(PQKBWorkID)10988048(PQKB)11558863(MiAaPQ)EBC1378746(nllekb)BRILL9789004260184(PPN)178900494(Au-PeEL)EBL1378746(CaPaEBR)ebr10756530(CaONFJC)MIL516012(OCoLC)857971261(EXLCZ)99255000000111567720130730d2013 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrA commentary on selected speeches of Isaios /by Brenda Griffith-WilliamsLeiden ;Boston :Brill,2013.1 online resource (292 pages) illustrationsMnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,0169-8958 ;volume 364Revision of the author's doctoral thesis, University of London--2009.90-04-25857-4 1-299-84761-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- General Introduction -- Isaios 7: On the Estate of Apollodoros -- Isaios 8: On the Estate of Kiron -- Isaios 9: On the Estate of Astyphilos -- Isaios 10: On the Estate of Aristarkhos -- Appendix: Catalogue of Contested Court Hearings in Athenian Inheritance Disputes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Sources.In A Commentary on Selected Speeches of Isaios , Brenda Griffith-Williams offers a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work.Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.Supplementum.Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.Inheritance and succession (Greek law)Inheritance and successionGreeceAthensHistoryTo 1500Forensic orationsGreeceAthensHistoryTo 1500Speeches, addresses, etc., GreekTranslations into EnglishElectronic books.Inheritance and succession (Greek law)Inheritance and successionHistoryForensic orationsHistorySpeeches, addresses, etc., Greek340.5/38Isaeusapproximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C.442481Griffith-Williams Brenda479272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453079503321A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios2134177UNINA