Demosthenes the Orator.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Rubbed jacket, otherwise very good and clean. Includes review of the book. / Beriebener Umschlag, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Beiliegend Rezension zum Buch. - Contents: 1. Speeches and texts -- 2. Demosthenes' family and personal life -- 3. Demosthenes' inheritance -- 4. Other families -- 5. Apollodoros -- 6. Liturgies and the navy -- 7. Illegal proposals and unsuitable laws -- 8. The young politician -- 9. Assault and the rule of law -- 10. Trade and industry -- 11. Citizenship and disfranchisement -- 12. The Peace of Philokrates -- 13. War and defeat -- 14. The case of the crown -- 15. Style -- 16. The letters and the final years. - Concentrating on Demosthenes� texts rather than his politics, Douglas M. MacDowell describes and assesses all of the great orator�s speeches, including those for the lawcourts as well as the addresses to the Ekklesia. This is the most comprehensive account of them ever published in English, or in any language since the nineteenth century. Besides the genuine speeches, MacDowell also covers those which probably are wrongly ascribed to Demosthenes, such as those written for delivery by Apollodoros; and he considers too the Epistles, th�rooemia, and the puzzling Erotic Speech. The arguments of each speech are analysed. The question whether the texts reproduce accurately what was actually spoken is approached with caution. There is a short survey of Demosthenes� prose style, with examples quoted in Greek; in the rest of the book quotations are given in the author�s own translations, with the Greek words added in footnotes where appropriate. - Douglas M. MacDowell is Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Glasgow. ISBN 9780199287192