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Antiphon and Andocides

Antiphon, Andocides, Michael Gagarin, Douglas M MacDowell (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

202 Seiten

1998
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-72808-0 (ISBN)

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In its primary aim of making Antiphon and Andocides accessible to a broader audience, the volume is eminently successful. Both translators show steady hands, accurately conveying the substance (and nuances) of the speeches in a clear, modern idiom...The book also succeeds in its aim of making the orators intelligible to novices; the introductions and notes provide a brief survey of some of the historical and legal complexities of Attic oratory. Indeed, Gagarin and MacDowell touch on an impressive range of topics within short compass. -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review 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.

Michael Gagarin is James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reihe/Serie	Oratory of Classical Greece ; v. 1
Verlagsort	Austin, TX
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-292-72808-5 / 0292728085
ISBN-13	978-0-292-72808-0 / 9780292728080
Zustand	Neuware