Demosthenes the Orator

Demosthenes the Orator
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 9780199287192
ISBN-13 : 0199287198
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Download or read book Demosthenes the Orator written by Douglas M. MacDowell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the most comprehensive account available of the texts of Demosthenes, Douglas M. MacDowell describes and assesses all of the great orator's speeches, including those for the lawcourts as well as the addresses to the Ekklesia. Besides the genuine speeches, MacDowell also covers those which have probably wrongly been ascribed to Demosthenes, such as the ones written for delivery by Apollodorus; and he considers too the Epistles, the Prooemia, and the puzzling Erotic Speech.


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