Demosthenes, Speeches 23-26
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-1351-0 (ISBN)
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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, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have recently been attracting particular interest: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few.
This volume provides introductions, translations, and notes for four speeches found in the Demosthenic corpus that have not been translated in recent times. Against Aristocrates deals with matters of foreign policy involving a mercenary general, Charidemus, and is a valuable source for Athenian homicide law. Against Timocrates involves domestic politics and provides important information about Athenian procedures for enacting legislation. In both speeches, the litigants stress the importance of the rule of law in Athenian democracy and emphasize key ideas, such as the monopoly of legitimate force by the state, the need for consistency in statutes, and the principle of no punishment without a written law. The remaining two speeches, Against Aristogeiton, are forgeries composed in the Hellenistic period, as Edward Harris demonstrates conclusively through a study of laws and legal procedures and an analysis of style and vocabulary.
Edward M. Harris is an emeritus professor of ancient history at Durham University and honorary professorial fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Aeschines and Athenian Politics, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens: Essays in Law, Society, and Politics, and The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens.
Series Editor's Preface (Michael Gagarin)
Translator's Preface (Edward Harris)
Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin)
Oratory in Classical Athens
The Orators
The Works of the Orators
Government and Law in Classical Athens
The Translation of Greek Oratory
Abbreviations
Note on Currency
Bibliography of Works Cited
Introduction to Demosthenes (Michael Gagarin)
Life
Works
Style
Significance
Introduction to This Volume (Edward Harris)
DEMOSTHENES (Edward Harris)
23. Against Aristocrates
24. Against Timocrates
25–26. Against Aristogeiton I and II
Bibliography for This Volume
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Oratory of Classical Greece |
| Übersetzer | Edward M. Harris |
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4773-1351-6 / 1477313516 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4773-1351-0 / 9781477313510 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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