Antiphon and Andocides / Edition 1

by Michael Gagarin, Douglas M. MacDowell

Overview

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 religious scandals—the mutilation of the Herms (busts of Hermes) and the revelation of the Eleusinian Mysteries—on the eve of the fateful Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415. His speeches are a defense against charges relating to those events.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292728097
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	04/01/1998
Series:	The Oratory of Classical Greece
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Antiphon’s speeches are introduced and translated by Michael Gagarin, Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. Andocides’ speeches are introduced and translated by Douglas MacDowell, Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

• 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
  • 1. Against the Stepmother
  • The Tetralogies
    • 2. First Tetralogy
    • 3. Second Tetralogy
    • 4. Third Tetralogy
  • 5. The Murder of Herodes
  • 6. On the Chorus Boy
  • Fragment 1. On the Revolution
• Andocides (Douglas M. MacDowell)
  • Introduction
  • 1. On the Mysteries
  • 2. On His Return
  • 3. On the Peace with Sparta
  • 4. Against Alcibiades
• Index

Editorial Reviews

In its primary aim of making Antiphon and Andocides accessible to a broader audience, the volume is eminently successful. Both translators show steady hands, accurately conveying the substance (and nuances) of the speeches in a clear, modern idiom...The book also succeeds in its aim of making the orators intelligible to novices; the introductions and notes provide a brief survey of some of the historical and legal complexities of Attic oratory. Indeed, Gagarin and MacDowell touch on an impressive range of topics within short compass.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

In its primary aim of making Antiphon and Andocides accessible to a broader audience, the volume is eminently successful. Both translators show steady hands, accurately conveying the substance (and nuances) of the speeches in a clear, modern idiom...The book also succeeds in its aim of making the orators intelligible to novices; the introductions and notes provide a brief survey of some of the historical and legal complexities of Attic oratory. Indeed, Gagarin and MacDowell touch on an impressive range of topics within short compass.-- "Bryn Mawr Classical Review"

From the Publisher

Inaugurates a series projected to produce, over the next several years, new editions of all the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC. The translations are intended to be of use to undergraduates, scholars in other disciplines who do not read Greek, and the general public. The first offering contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was an Athenian intellectual interested especially in law and justice; Andocides (ca. 440-390) was involved in two religious scandals and here defends himself against charges relating to them. Well annotated for the non- specialist. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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