Demosthenes : statesman and orator

Demosthenes : statesman and orator / edited by Ian Worthington.

Demosthenes is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of the patriot. This book examines why his speeches came to be regarded so highly and asks whether his reputation is justified.

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Other Authors: Worthington, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Subjects:
Demosthenes > Criticism and interpretation.
Demosthenes
Demosthenes.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Greece.
Statesmen > Greece > Biography.
Orators > Greece > Biography.
Oratory, Ancient.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Orators
Oratory, Ancient
Politics and government
Politics and literature
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Statesmen
Politieke invloed.
Retorica.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Greece
Greece > Athens
Electronic books.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Demosthenes, then and now / Ian Worthington
  • Road to prominence / E. Badian
  • Demosthenes and Philip II / T.T.B. Ryder
  • Demosthenes' (in)activity during the reign of Alexander the Great / Ian Worthington
  • Demosthenes and Aeschines / John Buckler
  • Demosthenes and the social historian / Mark Golden
  • Demosthenes as advocate : the private speeches / David C. Mirhady
  • Public speeches of Demosthenes / R.D. Milns
  • Philosophers, politics, academics : Demosthenes' rhetorical reputation in antiquity / Craig Cooper
  • Demosthenes in the underworld : a chapter in the Nachleben of a rhētōr / Phillip Harding.

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