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Pages: 301
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This edition of the papyrus containing Didymos' comments on some of Demosthenes' speeches aims to provide the student with a new reading of the text, a facing t
The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes
Language: en
Pages: 529
Authors: Gunther Martin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. This Handbook explores the many facets of his life, work, and ti
Demosthenes the Orator
Language: en
Pages: 470
Authors: Douglas M. MacDowell
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In the most comprehensive account available of the texts of Demosthenes, Douglas M. MacDowell describes and assesses all of the great orator's speeches, includi
The Orators and Their Treatment of the Recent Past
Language: en
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Categories: Literary Criticism
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This volume focuses on the representation of the recent past in classical Athenian oratory and investigates the ability of the orators to interpret it according
Orality and Performance in Classical Attic Prose
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Alessandro Vatri
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This study discusses the question of whether there is a linguistic difference between classical Attic prose texts intended for public oral delivery and those in