GREEK ORATORS II: Dinarchus I and
Hyperides 5 & 6
Hyperides was ranked in antiquity amongst the Ten Attic Orators
second only to Demosthenes. His execution in 322 B.C. for his
opposition to Macedonian rule left Dinarchus as the last of the
Ten to survive.
The book critically evaluates the speeches of Dinarchus and of
Hyperides against Demosthenes and Hyperides' funeral oration as
historical sources for Athens in the last years of the reign of
Alexander the Great and also the Lamian War. The history of the
period is discussed in detail, as is the rhetorical style of these
two orators. This is the first commentary in English on these
two important speeches by Hyperides. A Greek text which also makes
Hyperides' fragmented speeches approachable is provided along
with an English translation. The commentary is essentially historical,
but some literary and philological points are discussed.
Ian Worthington is Professor of Greek History at the
University of Missouri-Columbia and the author and editor of books
on Greek history and literature including A Historical Commentary
on Dinarchus, Rhetoric and Conspiracy in Later Fourth-Century
Athens.
240pp.; cl 306 X £35 / $59.99, pb 307 8 £16.50
/ $28; published January 2000
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 CONTENTS
Preface
Special Notes
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Introduction
(1) The Historical Background
(2) Dinarchus' Life and Works
(3) Dinarchus' Style
(4) Hyperides' Life and Works
(5) Hyperides' Style
(6) Oratory and History
(7) The Texts
Parallel Greek Text and English Translation
Dinarchus 1, Against Demosthenes
Hyperides 5, Against Demosthenes
Hyperides 6, Funeral Oration
Apparatus Criticus
Commentary
Index
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SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"...historically minded readers will profit from a convenient
summary version of W 1 (with the welcome benefit of a Greek text
for Dinarchus 1) and especially from the only available commentaries
on Hyperides 5 and 6. W's clear and thorough analyses of the Harpalus
affair and related events provides a most welcome finale to this
extremely useful series of Greek Orators." BMCR
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