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Demosthenes, C. Carey, Christopher Carey, R. A. Reid

Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches

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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.

Product details

Authors	Demosthenes
Assisted by	C. Carey (Editor), Christopher Carey (Editor), R. A. Reid (Editor)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press ELT

Languages	Greek
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	18.07.1985

EAN	9780521283731
ISBN	978-0-521-28373-1
No. of pages	252
Series	Cambridge Greek & Latin Classi Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies

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