Demosthenes

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The Athenian statesman Demosthenes is now recognised as the greatest of the Greek orators, who roused Athens to oppose Philip and the might of Macedonia. Demosthenes’ speeches offer valuable information on the political, social and economic life of ancient Athens, providing a masterful demonstration of oratorical grace. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts.  This comprehensive eBook presents Demosthenes’ complete extant works, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


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Please note: we apologise, but this eBook is not available to customers in Europe, due to copyright on the translations. The eBook will not enter European public domains for many years, though the obscurity of the translators’ death dates makes an exact date unknown.

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Demosthenes’ life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Demosthenes, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introductions to the famous orations
* Includes translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Demosthenes’ works
* Images of famous paintings that have been inspired by Demosthenes’ works
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students
* Features three bonus biographies, including Plutarch’s Parallel Life – discover Demosthenes’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Translations
ON THE NAVY BOARDS
FOR THE PEOPLE OF MEGALOPOLIS
FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE RHODIANS
FIRST PHILIPPIC
THE OLYNTHIACS
FIRST OLYNTHIAC
SECOND OLYNTHIAC
THIRD OLYNTHIAC
ON THE PEACE
SECOND PHILIPPIC
ON HALONNESUS
ON THE CHERSONESE
THIRD PHILIPPIC
FOURTH PHILIPPIC
ANSWER TO PHILIP’S LETTER
PHILIP’S LETTER
ON ORGANIZATION
ON THE TREATY WITH ALEXANDER
ON THE FALSE EMBASSY
ON THE CROWN
AGAINST LEPTINES
AGAINST MEIDIAS
AGAINST ANDROTION
AGAINST ARISTOCRATES
AGAINST TIMOCRATES
AGAINST ARISTOGEITON 1
AGAINST ARISTOGEITON 2
AGAINST APHOBUS 1
AGAINST APHOBUS 2
AGAINST APHOBUS 3
AGAINST ONETOR 1
AGAINST ONETOR 2
AGAINST ZENOTHEMIS
AGAINST APATURIUS
AGAINST PHORMIO
AGAINST LACRITUS
FOR PHORMIO
AGAINST PANTAENETUS
AGAINST NAUSIMACHUS AND XENOPEITHES
AGAINST BOEOTUS 1
AGAINST BOEOTUS 2
AGAINST SPUDIAS
AGAINST PHAENIPPUS
AGAINST MACARTATUS
AGAINST LEOCHARES
APOLLODORUS AGAINST STEPHANUS 1
APOLLODORUS AGAINST STEPHANUS 2
AGAINST EVERGUS AND MNESIBULUS
AGAINST OLYMPIODORUS
APOLLODORUS AGAINST TIMOTHEUS
APOLLODORUS AGAINST POLYCLES
ON THE TRIERARCHIC CROWN
APOLLODORUS AGAINST CALLIPUS
APOLLODORUS AGAINST NICOSTRATUS
AGAINST CONON
AGAINST CALLICLES
AGAINST DIONYSODORUS
AGAINST EUBULIDES
AGAINST THEOCRINES
APOLLODORUS AGAINST NEAERA
THE FUNERAL SPEECH
THE EROTIC ESSAY

The Greek Texts
LIST OF GREEK TEXTS

The Dual Texts
DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXTS

The Biographies
PARALLEL LIVES: DEMOSTHENES by Plutarch
INTRODUCTION TO DEMOSTHENES by Arthur Wallace
DEMOSTHENES by T. W. Lumb

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