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Greek Texts: Demosthenes: Olynthiacs by . . . Demosthenes (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100862920736
ISBN-139780862920739
eBay Product ID (ePID)5430708
Product Key Features
Number of Pages234 Pages
Publication NameDemosthenes: Olynthiacs
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / Greece, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin)
Publication Year1998
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, History
Author. . . Demosthenes
SeriesGreek Texts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal885/.01
Table Of ContentPreface Introduction I. The Story of Demostenes 1. Birth, Education and Early Manhood 2. The Rise of Macedonia 3. Olynthus and the Olynthian War 4. From the Fall of Olynthus to Chaeronea 5. The Triumph of Macedon and the Final Effort II. The Oratory of Demostenes 1. The Three Categories of Speech 2. The Divisions of Ancient Speeches 3. Analysis of the Olynthiacs 4. Demosthenes' Use of Rhetorical Devices III. The Sources of the Text Appendix A: The order of the Olythiac Speeches Appendix B: The Theoric Fund Select Bibliography OAYNOIAKOS A OAYNOIAKOS B OAYNOIAKOS Commentary First Olynthiac Second Olynthiac Third Olynthiac Vocabulary Map of Greece Map of Northern Greece
SynopsisThis edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (Cambridge University Press, 1915). The Introduction is based on MacGregor's, revised and with an additional sections on Olynthos and the Chalcidian League, and Demosthenes' oratory. There is a also a new bibliography. The Greek text follows, along with a completely new commentary by E.I. McQueen, concentrating mainly on questions of grammar and syntax. The two Appendixes, on the Order of the Olynthiac Speeches and the Theoric Fund, have been completely rewritten to take account of modern scholarship., This edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (1915)
LC Classification NumberPA3950.O3
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