Antiphon and Andocides

Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few.

This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography ("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and justice. His six surviving works all concern homicide cases. Andocides (ca. 440-390) was involved in two religious scandals-the mutilation of the Herms (busts of Hermes) and the revelation of the Eleusinian Mysteries-on the eve of the fateful Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415. His speeches are a defense against charges relating to those events.

Info autore

Translated by Michael Gagarin and Douglas M. MacDowell

Riassunto

Speeches from the two earliest Greek orators whose works still survive.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andocides, Antiphon
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Gagarin (Traduzione), Douglas MacDowell (Traduzione), Douglas M. MacDowell (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of Texas Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.04.1998
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780292728097
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72809-7
• Numero di pagine: 204
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 295 g
• Serie: Oratory of Classical Greece (P; The Oratory of Classical Greece; The Oratory of Classical Greece
• Categorie: Altgriechisch; Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein; Archäologie einer Periode / Region; Alte Welt