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Selected Speeches
Engelsk Paperback
Selected Speeches
Engelsk Paperback

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''Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.''Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing a master orator at work, his speeches are a prime source for the history of the period, when Athens was engaged in a doomed struggle against the rising power of Macedon under the brilliant father and son, Philip and Alexander. Demosthenes wrote for the courts, both for political trials in which he was involved and for other cases in which he acted as ghost-writer for plaintiff or defendant, and his lawcourt speeches give an unrivalled glimpse of the daily life of ancient Athens. He also played a central role in education in Greece and Rome from the Hellenistic period onward, and was imitated by the greatest of Roman orators, Cicero.This selection includes the fullest range of Demosthenes'' speeches, for trials both public and private and for the assembly, in a single volume.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
576
ISBN-13:
9780199593774
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0199593779
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
8 maj 2014
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
146mm
Højde:
195mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
8 maj 2014
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge