Greek Orators III: Isocrates: Panegyricus and To Nicocles

by Liverpool University Press

Overview

Two contrasting works, both in style and content, illustrate the versatility of Isocrates, the most accomplished writer of polished periodic Greek prose. The Panegyricus is a patriotic work of Athenian propaganda composed with great care and also intended to advertise his skills to potential pupils at his school for leading statesmen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780856684142
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	01/15/1990
Series:	Aris and Phillips Classical Texts , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Stephen Usher was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London. He wrote extensively on oratory and is the author of 'The Historians of Greece and Rome' (Hamish Hamilton, 1969), 'Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Critical Essays' (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1974), 'Greek Oratory: Tradition and Originality' (Oxford University Press, 1999) and 'Cicero's Speeches: The Critic in Action' (Aris & Phillips, 2008). He has also edited and translated speeches for 'Greek Orators' I, III and V in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series (volumes I and III co-edited with Mark Edwards).

Stephen Usher was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London. He wrote extensively on oratory and is the author of 'The Historians of Greece and Rome' (Hamish Hamilton, 1969), 'Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Critical Essays' (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1974), 'Greek Oratory: Tradition and Originality' (Oxford University Press, 1999) and 'Cicero's Speeches: The Critic in Action' (Aris & Phillips, 2008). He has also edited and translated speeches for 'Greek Orators' I, III and V in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series (volumes I and III co-edited with Mark Edwards).

Table of Contents

PREFACE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Bibliography
Introduction to PANEGYRICUS
PANEGYRICUS
Introduction to NICOCLES
Apparatus Criticus
COMMENTARY to Panegyricus & Nicocles