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Demosthenes: On the Crimes of the Embassy. Scripta Antiqua 170.
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| N° d'inventaire | 30087 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 2 volumes, 1003 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782356135711 |
Demosthenes became famous for his fierce battle against Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander, using his outstanding oratorical skills to defend Athens and the other Greek cities' freedom from Macedonian ambitions. One of the most striking features of this battle was the rivalry that lasted more than fifteen years between Demosthenes and Aeschines, which originated in the so-called "Infidel Embassy" affair.
The plea On the Forfeitures of the Embassy, which dates from 343 BC, is one of Demosthenes' best-known compositions and aroused the greatest admiration in antiquity. Unfortunately, since the orator failed to convict Aeschines, whom he accused of having sold himself to Philip, this speech did not interest scholars as much as the famous plea On the Crown delivered thirteen years later, a true symbolic triumph for Demosthenes and his policy even though the kings of Macedonia had already definitively won on the ground. It was therefore time to devote a new critical edition to this masterpiece of Greek oratory.
The Greek text has been systematically revised using the best manuscripts and is accompanied by a synthetic critical apparatus and a previously unpublished translation, as precise as it is elegant, while the introduction and commentary account for the historical context, the complex composition of the work, the inimitable style of Demosthenes and all the linguistic facts useful for a detailed understanding of the speech. The new annotated bilingual edition thus produced is aimed at a wide readership and meets the needs not only of specialists, who will find in the volume all the scholarly and technical resources they may need, but also of anyone interested in classical Greek rhetoric and the legendary fight of Demosthenes against the Macedonian conquests.
The plea On the Forfeitures of the Embassy, which dates from 343 BC, is one of Demosthenes' best-known compositions and aroused the greatest admiration in antiquity. Unfortunately, since the orator failed to convict Aeschines, whom he accused of having sold himself to Philip, this speech did not interest scholars as much as the famous plea On the Crown delivered thirteen years later, a true symbolic triumph for Demosthenes and his policy even though the kings of Macedonia had already definitively won on the ground. It was therefore time to devote a new critical edition to this masterpiece of Greek oratory.
The Greek text has been systematically revised using the best manuscripts and is accompanied by a synthetic critical apparatus and a previously unpublished translation, as precise as it is elegant, while the introduction and commentary account for the historical context, the complex composition of the work, the inimitable style of Demosthenes and all the linguistic facts useful for a detailed understanding of the speech. The new annotated bilingual edition thus produced is aimed at a wide readership and meets the needs not only of specialists, who will find in the volume all the scholarly and technical resources they may need, but also of anyone interested in classical Greek rhetoric and the legendary fight of Demosthenes against the Macedonian conquests.
The plea On the Forfeitures of the Embassy, which dates from 343 BC, is one of Demosthenes' best-known compositions and aroused the greatest admiration in antiquity. Unfortunately, since the orator failed to convict Aeschines, whom he accused of having sold himself to Philip, this speech did not interest scholars as much as the famous plea On the Crown delivered thirteen years later, a true symbolic triumph for Demosthenes and his policy even though the kings of Macedonia had already definitively won on the ground. It was therefore time to devote a new critical edition to this masterpiece of Greek oratory.
The Greek text has been systematically revised using the best manuscripts and is accompanied by a synthetic critical apparatus and a previously unpublished translation, as precise as it is elegant, while the introduction and commentary account for the historical context, the complex composition of the work, the inimitable style of Demosthenes and all the linguistic facts useful for a detailed understanding of the speech. The new annotated bilingual edition thus produced is aimed at a wide readership and meets the needs not only of specialists, who will find in the volume all the scholarly and technical resources they may need, but also of anyone interested in classical Greek rhetoric and the legendary fight of Demosthenes against the Macedonian conquests.