Lives of the Attic Orators - Texts From Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

Zusatztext This new volume is a very welcome addition to the Clarendon Ancient History Series. Informationen zum Autor Joseph Roisman is Professor of Classics at Colby College.Ian Worthington is Curators' Professor of History at the University of Missouri.Robin Waterfield was a university lecturer and publisher before becoming a full-time writer. Klappentext This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda. Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorical and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates, and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in the ancient lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Translator's Note Speech and Letter Numbers and Titles Abbreviations Map 1 Map 2 Introduction Translation: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators Commentary: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators Decrees: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators Photius: Translation with Notes The Suda: Translation with Notes Glossary of Technical Terms Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Roisman, Joseph Worthington Roisman, Roisman Joseph, Ian Worthington, Worthington Ian
• Assisted by: Robin Waterfield (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2015
• EAN: 9780199687664
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968766-4
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series; Clarendon Ancient History; Clarendon Ancient History Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, Prose: non-fiction, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Biography and non-fiction prose, Ancient (Classical) Greek, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts