A Commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I: with Rhetorical Analysis of ^IPhilippics^RI and III (Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries) - Hardcover

Wooten, Cecil

 
9780195333268: A Commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I: with Rhetorical Analysis of ^IPhilippics^RI and III (Society for Classical Studies Texts & Commentaries)
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ISBN 10: 0195333268 ISBN 13: 9780195333268
Publisher: OUP USA, 2008

Synopsis

Demosthenes' Philippic I, delivered between 351 B.C. - 350 B.C., was the first speech by a prominent politician against the growing power of Philip II of Macedon. Along with the other Philippics of Demostheses, it is arguably one of the finest deliberative speeches from antiquity. The present volume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. Aiming his commentary at advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, Cecil Wooten addresses rhetorical and stylistic matters, historical background, and grammatical problems. In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I , this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.

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About the Author

Cecil Wooten is Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195333268
ISBN 13 
9780195333268
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200

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