On the False Embassy (Oration 19): Edited with Introduction and Commentary (Vol 19)

Demosthenes

ISBN 10: 0198153031 / ISBN 13: 9780198153030

Published by Oxford University Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the False Embassy (Oration 19): Edited with Introduction and Commentary (Vol 19)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198153031
• ISBN 13: 9780198153030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.73 kilograms

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Synopsis

In 346 BC. the Athenians negotiated a peace treaty with King Philip II of Macedon, but afterwards one of the Athenian ambassadors, Demosthenes, accused another, Aiskhines, of accepting a bribe from Philip to contrive that the terms of the treaty should be favourable to him. The case came to trial three years later, and On the False Embassy is the speech which Demosthenes prepared for the prosecution. It is one of the most famous pieces of ancient oratory, and it is also one of the principal sources of information about the politics of its period.

This volume is on the same lines as Professor MacDowell's previous edition of Demosthenes' speech Against Meidias. It includes an introduction concentrating especially on the historical circumstances, a revised Greek text based on fresh study of the manuscripts, an English translation on pages facing the text, and the first detailed commentary on the speech for over a hundred years.

About the Author

Demosthenes (384322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. Douglas M. MacDowell is at University of Glasgow.