Orations, Volume VII : Orations 60–61: Funeral Speech. Erotic Essay. Exordia. Letters

The preeminent orator of ancient Athens. Demosthenes (384–322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to Philip of Macedon’s rise to supremacy. We possess by him political speeches and law-court speeches composed for parties in private cases and political cases. His early reputation as the best of Greek orators rests on his steadfastness of purpose, his sincerity, his clear and pungent argument, and his severe control of language. In his law cases he is the advocate, in his political speeches a castigator not of his opponents but of their politics. Demosthenes gives us vivid pictures of public and private life of his time. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Demosthenes is in seven volumes.Author: Demosthenes, Demosthenes,author,De Witt, N. W.,author,De Witt, N. J.,author Contributors: Demosthenes, Demosthenes,author,De Witt, N. W.,author,De Witt, N. J.,author Binding: hardcover Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,Ancient Greek,Original Language, Published/Release Date: 1 Jan 1949 Format: Hardback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Harvard University Press Author/Director/Artist: Demosthenes Dimension (cm): 162x108x23 mm Package Dimension (cm): 22x168x116 mm Item Weight (g): 1050 Package Weight (g): 315