Demosthenes: Olynthiacs

by Demosthenes

Overview

This edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (Cambridge University Press, 1915). The Introduction is based on MacGregor's, revised and with an additional sections on Olynthos and the Chalcidian League, and Demosthenes' oratory. There is a also a new bibliography. The Greek text follows, along with a completely new commentary by E.I. McQueen, concentrating mainly on questions of grammar and syntax. The two Appendixes, on the Order of the Olynthiac Speeches and the Theoric Fund, have been completely rewritten to take account of modern scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862920739
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/27/1998
Series:	Greek Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

E.I. McQueen was Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction I. The Story of Demostenes
1. Birth, Education and Early Manhood
2. The Rise of Macedonia
3. Olynthus and the Olynthian War
4. From the Fall of Olynthus to Chaeronea
5. The Triumph of Macedon and the Final Effort II. The Oratory of Demostenes
1. The Three Categories of Speech
2. The Divisions of Ancient Speeches
3. Analysis of the Olynthiacs
4. Demosthenes' Use of Rhetorical Devices III. The Sources of the Text Appendix A: The order of the Olythiac Speeches Appendix B: The Theoric Fund Select Bibliography OAYNOIAKOS A OAYNOIAKOS B OAYNOIAKOS Commentary First Olynthiac Second Olynthiac Third Olynthiac Vocabulary Map of Greece Map of Northern Greece