Antiphon and Andocides

Name: Antiphon and Andocides
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ISBN: 9780292728097

ISBN-10: 0292728093

ISBN-13: 9780292728097

Edition: 1998

Authors: Michael Gagarin, Douglas M. MacDowell, Antiphon, Andï¿½cides, Andocides

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Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few.This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography ("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and justice. His six surviving works all concern homicide cases. Andocides (ca. 440-390) was involved in two…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin)


Oratory in Classical Athens


The Orators


The Works of the Orators


Government and Law in Classical Athens


The Translation of Greek Oratory


Abbreviations


Note on Currency


Bibliography of Works Cited


Antiphon (Michael Gagarin)


Introduction



Against the Stepmother


The Tetralogies



First Tetralogy



Second Tetralogy



Third Tetralogy



The Murder of Herodes



On the Chorus Boy


Fragment



On the Revolution


Andocides (Douglas M. MacDowell)


Introduction



On the Mysteries



On His Return



On the Peace with Sparta



Against Alcibiades


Index