Demosthenes and His Time: A Study in Defeat

Sealey Raphael

ISBN 10: 0195079280 / ISBN 13: 9780195079289

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

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Envoi rapide Très bon état de conservation intérieur propre avec sa jaquette. 15 9x2 77x23 52cm. 1993. Relié. 350 pages. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Demosthenes and His Time: A Study in Defeat
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195079280
• ISBN 13: 9780195079289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

This book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of Athens from 386 to 322 B.C. Taking a sympathetic view of the Second Athenian League, Sealey focuses on the career of Demosthenes to provide important insights into Athenian politics and policies. Demosthenes experienced repeated setbacks in his early attempts at public activity, but found his mission as a statesman in the conflict with Macedon and subsequently became the leading man in Athens. Sealey rejects theories that assume programmatic divisions among Athenian statesmen into pro- and anti-Macedonians, and argues that all Athenians active in politics resented Macedonian ascendancy but recognized the necessity of accommodation to superior power. His account concludes with the defeat of Athens and its allies and the suicide of Demosthenes, presenting new insights not only into the life of Demosthenes and the turbulent years of his political career, but also the social and international factors bearing on Athenian political activity in general.

About the Author

Raphael Sealey is at University of California, Berkeley.