03532nam 2200817Ia 450 991097222780332120251117115856.01-134-62891-91-280-35469-00-203-18769-51-134-62892-70-203-25609-310.4324/9780203187692 (CKB)1000000000002040(EBL)166109(OCoLC)60496357(SSID)ssj0000136742(PQKBManifestationID)11152691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136742(PQKBWorkID)10084356(PQKB)10427628(SSID)ssj0000278575(PQKBManifestationID)11225754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278575(PQKBWorkID)10257938(PQKB)11746437(MiAaPQ)EBC166109(Au-PeEL)EBL166109(CaPaEBR)ebr5002115(CaONFJC)MIL35469(OCoLC)50286223(EXLCZ)99100000000000204020000413d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemosthenes statesman and orator /edited by Ian Worthington1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-20457-7 0-415-20456-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-285) and index.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. MILNSPhilosophers, politics, academics: Demosthenes' rhetorical reputation in antiquity CRAIG COOPER Demosthenes in the underworld: a chapter in the Nachleben of a rhtr PHILLIP HARDING; Bibliography; IndexDemosthenes 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.Speeches, addresses, etc., GreekHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureGreeceStatesmenGreeceBiographyOratorsGreeceBiographyOratory, AncientAthens (Greece)Politics and governmentSpeeches, addresses, etc., GreekHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureStatesmenOratorsOratory, Ancient.885.01B885/.01 B938.07092Worthington Ian188258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972227803321Demosthenes4484381UNINA