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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Demosthenes
• Collaboration: C. Carey (Editeur), Christopher Carey (Editeur), R. A. Reid (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Grecque
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.07.1985
• EAN: 9780521283731
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28373-1
• Pages: 252
• Thèmes: Cambridge Greek & Latin Classi; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature classiques