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A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

Introduction, Text, and Translation

Ifigeneia (Assistant Professor and Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, Assistant Professor and Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, University of Florida) Giannadaki

A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

Introduction, Text, and Translation

A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

 

This volume provides a detailed commentary on Demosthenes' speech Against Androtion (Demosthenes 22). It includes the Greek text of the speech (reproduced from M. R. Dilts' Oxford Classical Texts edition), as well as an English translation and an extensive introduction.


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Beschrijving A Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

This volume provides a detailed, lemmatic, literary commentary on Demosthenes' speech Against Androtion. It is the first study of its kind since the nineteenth century, filling a significant gap in modern scholarship. The Greek text of the speech is accompanied by a facing English translation, making the work more accessible to a wide scholarly audience. It also includes an extensive introduction covering key historical, socio-political, and legal issues.

The speech was delivered in a graphe paranomon (a public prosecution for introducing an illegal decree) which was brought against Androtion, a well-established Athenian public speaker and intellectual. Demosthenes composed Against Androtion for Diodoros, the supporting speaker in this trial and an active political figure in the mid-fourth century. In her commentary, Ifigeneia Giannadaki illuminates the legal, socio-political, and historical aspects of the speech, including views on male prostitution and the relationship between sex and politics, complex aspects of Athenian law and procedure, and Athenian politics in the aftermath of the Social War. Giannadaki balances the analysis of important historical and legal issues with a special emphasis on elucidating Demosthenes' rhetorical strategy and argumentation.


ISBN
9780198784524
Pagina's
458
Verschenen
NUR
309
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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