On the crown
by Demosthenes
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown is one of the finest artistic achievements of Greek prose. Delivered in an Athenian court in 330 BCE, and circulated in written form soon afterwards, the speech made an immediate impression on contemporary Greeks and for centuries served the writers and speakers of antiquity as the primary model of forceful argument and vigorous style. In this volume Harvey Yunis presents a new edition of the speech. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historic…
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- Full title :On the crown / Demosthenes ; edited by Harvey Yunis.
Summary
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown is one of the finest artistic achievements of Greek prose. Delivered in an Athenian court in 330 BCE, and circulated in written form soon afterwards, the speech made an immediate impression on contemporary Greeks and for centuries served the writers and speakers of antiquity as the primary model of forceful argument and vigorous style. In this volume Harvey Yunis presents a new edition of the speech. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. A new Greek text of the speech is accompanied by a select textual apparatus. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary, which elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.
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- Publication Date:2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:grc
- Publication Date:2001.
Notes
Greek text; commentaries in English.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 314 pages ; : 19 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521620929, 9780521620925, 0521629306, 9780521629300
- oclc:ocm44818342
- LC Classification:PA3950
- Dewey Decimal:885/.01
Table of Contents
1. Athenian politics in response to Macedonian expansion -- 2. The graphe paranomon and the trial on Demosthenes' crown -- 3. Explaining Chaeronea -- 4. Demosthenes' rhetorical art -- 5. Speech, text, transmission -- Demosthenoys Yper Ktesiphontos Peri Toy Stephanoy.
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