Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches

The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case and the prejudices, beliefs and attitudes of the Athenian man-in-the-street. A commentary sheds light on their effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the text; Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches: 54. Against Conon; 37. Against Pantaenetus; 39. Against Boeotus; 56. Against Dionysodorus; Commentary; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Demosthenes
• Mitarbeit: C. Carey (Herausgeber), Christopher Carey (Herausgeber), R. A. Reid (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Griechisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.07.1985
• EAN: 9780521283731
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28373-1
• Seiten: 252
• Serien: Cambridge Greek & Latin Classi; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft