Demostene, "Contro Leptine": Introduzione, Traduzione e Commento Storico

by Mirko Canevaro

Overview

The book provides a comprehensive study of Demosthenes’ Against Leptines as a document for the reconstruction of Athenian fourth-century politics, law and public economy. The importance of the speech has been increasingly recognized in recent years, with research on Athenian lawmaking highlighting its centrality and the inadequacy of previous accounts, and work on honours for benefactors and on the liturgical system stressing its importance for understanding the development and conceptualization of euergetism. The speech is the earliest and only extensive ancient account of the ideological, theoretical and moral underpinnings of these institutions and developments. The introduction and commentary offer a comprehensive treatment of these aspects, providing historians with key insights into Athenians conceptions of public service, public honour and reciprocity. Other work has stressed the importance of the speech for the study of the Greek public economy, and the introduction and commentary make these aspects central. The Against Leptines stands at the crossroads of some of the liveliest and most important current discussions in Greek history, and this commentary aims to advance our historical understanding in these areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110494211
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	10/24/2016
Series:	Texte und Kommentare , #55
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	539
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Mirko Canevaro, The University of Edinburgh, UK.

Mirko Canevaro, The University of Edinburgh, UK.

Editorial Reviews

"Canevaros kenntnisreiche Kommentare, ebenso seine italienische Übersetzung der Rede und die ausführliche Einleitung, können allen Lesern nachdrücklich empfohlen werden, die sich für griechische Rhetorik, Demosthenes, athenische Rechts-,Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte interessieren."
Johannes Engels in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.10.73

"[...] il poderoso e dottissimo volume [...]"
Pietro Cobetto Ghiggia in: Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft 70.3-4 (2017), 144-148

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