A Commentary on Demosthenes s Philippic I, With Rhetorical Analysis - of Philippics II and II

Zusatztext a thorough and sensitive literary and rhetorical commentary Informationen zum Autor Cecil Wooten is Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Klappentext Philippic I, delivered between 351 B.C. - 350 B.C., was the first speech by a prominent politician against the growing power of Philip II of Macedon. Along with the other Philippics of Demosthenes', it is arguably one of the finest deliberative speeches from antiquity. The present volume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. Aiming his commentary at advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, Cecil Wooten addresses rhetorical and stylistic matters, historical background, and grammatical problems. In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I, this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first. Zusammenfassung This volume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. In addition to full commentary on Philippic I, the volume includes essays that outline Philippic II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 2: Introduction to Philippic I 3: Commentary on Philippic I 4: Appendix A: Commentary on Philippic II 5: Appendix B: Commentary on Philippic III 6: Appendix C: The Longer and Shorter Versions of Philippic III

Zusammenfassung

This volume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. In addition to full commentary on Philippic I, the volume includes essays that outline Philippic II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cecil Wooten, Cecil W. Wooten
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780195333275
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533327-5
• Seiten: 179
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: American Philological Associat; Society for Classcial Studies Texts & Commentaries; Society for Classcial Studies Texts & Commentaries; Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries; Society for Classical Studies
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form