Demosthenes On the Crown [Paperback]

A text, with introduction and commentary, of a speech by the ancient Greek orator Demosthenes.This volume presents a newly edited Greek text of one of the masterpieces of ancient Greek prose, a speech delivered by the orator Demosthenes before a court in Athens in 330 BCE. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary which elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.This volume presents a newly edited Greek text of one of the masterpieces of ancient Greek prose, a speech delivered by the orator Demosthenes before a court in Athens in 330 BCE. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary which elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.This volume presents a newly edited Greek text of one of the masterpieces of ancient Greek prose, a speech delivered by the orator Demosthenes before a court in Athens in 330 BCE. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary that elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.Preface; List of abbreviations; Map of Greece, Macedon and the Aegean; Introduction; 1. Athenian politics in response to Macedonian expansion; 2. The graph paranomMn and the trial on Demosthenes' crown; 3. Explaining Chaeronea; 4. Demosthenes' rhetorical art; 5. Speech, text, transmission; Demosthenous Hyper Ktesiphontos Peri Tou Stephanou; Commentary; Appendix I. Synopsis of the argument; Appendix II. Timeline of major evel#Â