ANDOKIDES: ON THE MYSTERIES The Text Edited with Introduction, Commentary and Appendixes.

Andokides; Douglas M. MacDowell

ISBN 10: 0198146922 / ISBN 13: 9780198146926

Published by Oxford Clarendon Press, 1990

About this Item

Very faint staining to foreedges and last few pages. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; Reprint of 1962 Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; More than any other work, the speech of Andokides, On the Mysteries, provides an intimate and vivid glimpse of Athenian political life during and directly after the Peloponnesian War. This new version of MacDowell's standard edition is intended for both undergraduates and scholars. It includes a full introduction surveying Andokides's life, trial, and literary style; a note on the basis of the text; and a detailed commentary and appendices that discuss Andokides' innocence or guilt, the chronology and political significance of events in 415 B. C. , the legal revision ordered by the decree of Teisamenos, the date of the trial and speech, and aspects of the historical and stylistic background relevant to the work.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ANDOKIDES: ON THE MYSTERIES The Text Edited with Introduction, Commentary and Appendixes.
• Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198146922
• ISBN 13: 9780198146926
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Greek Literature
  • Greek History

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Synopsis

More than any other work, the speech of Andokides, On the Mysteries, provides an intimate and vivid glimpse of Athenian political life during and directly after the Peloponnesian War. This new paperback version of MacDowell's standard edition (first published in hardcover in 1962) is intended for both undergraduates and scholars. It includes a full introduction surveying Andokides's life, trial, and literary style; a note on the basis of the text; and a detailed commentary and appendices that discuss Andokides' innocence or guilt, the chronology and political significance of events in 415 B.C., the legal revision ordered by the decree of Teisamenos, the date of the trial and speech, and aspects of the historical and stylistic background relevant to the work.

About the Author

Douglas M. MacDowell is at University of Glasgow.