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This volume presents a newly edited Greek text of one of the masterpieces of ancient Greek prose, a speech delivered by the orator Demosthenes before a court in Athens in 330 BCE. 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. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary that elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.
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Stephen Usher formerly Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London has written extensively on oratory and is also the author of The Historians of Greece and Rome and Dionysius of Halicarnassus Critical Essays. He is also the author of Greek Orators volume I (with M. Edwards) in this series.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0521620929
- ISBN 13 9780521620925
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages328
- EditorYunis Harvey
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