Isocrates II [[electronic resource] /] / translated by Terry L. Papillon

• Autore: Isocrates
• Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 885/.01
• Soggetto topico: Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
• Soggetto geografico: Athens (Greece) Politics and government Early works to 1800
• Altri autori: PapillonTerry L. <1958->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- The Works of Isocrates -- Acknowledgments -- Series Introduction -- Introduction to Isocrates -- Introduction to Isocrates, Volume II -- Speeches -- Letters -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338) was one of the leading intellectual figures of the fourth century. This volume contains his orations 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14, as well as all of his letters. These are Isocrates' political works. Three of the discourses—Panathenaicus, On the Peace, and the most famous, Panegyricus—focus on Athens, Isocrates' home. Archidamus is written in the voice of the Spartan prince to his assembly, and Plataicus is in the voice of a citizen of Plataea asking Athens for aid, while in To Philip, Isocrates himself calls on Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greece against Persia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Isocrates II
• ISBN: 0-292-79737-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777693203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oratory of classical Greece ; ; v. 7.