Demosthenes the Orator

by Douglas M. MacDowell

Overview

In the most comprehensive account available of the texts of Demosthenes, Douglas M. MacDowell describes and assesses all of the great orator's speeches, including those for the lawcourts as well as the addresses to the Ekklesia. Besides the genuine speeches, MacDowell also covers those which have probably wrongly been ascribed to Demosthenes, such as the ones written for delivery by Apollodorus; and he considers too the Epistles, the Prooemia, and the puzzling Erotic Speech.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191608735
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	12/03/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Douglas M. MacDowell is Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

• 1: Speeches and texts
• 2: Demosthenes' family and personal life
• 3: Demosthenes' inheritance
• 4: Other families
• 5: Apollodorus
• 6: Liturgies and the navy
• 7: Illegal proposals and unsuitable laws
• 8: The young politician
• 9: Assault and the rule of law
• 10: Trade and industry
• 11: Citizenship and disfranchisement
• 12: The Peace of Philokrates
• 13: War and defeat
• 14: The case of the crown
• 15: Style
• 16: The letters and the final years