CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Index
Universally recognised as the greatest speech by the finest
of the Attic Orators, On the Crown is Demosthenes'
vindication of his lifelong devotion to Athenian primacy among
the Greek states and opposition to the advance of Philip II of
Macedon. He won the case, and his opponent Aeschines went into
exile. By their verdict, the Athenian jury agreed that his fight
for Greek freedom was worthy of their city's traditions, in spite
of military failure. Demosthenes defends himself and attacks his
enemies on a broad front. Rhetorical skills, refined over thirty
years, are concentrated in this final performance skills
of argument, narrative, invective and patriotic oratory deployed
in a style rich in imagery, yet foreceful and persuasive. This
edition is the first to combine text, translation, and full commentary.
The latter deals with historical, political and legal matters
on an equal footing with those of rhetoric and style, as in previous
volumes by the present author.
Stephen Usher formerly Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London has written extensively on oratory and is also the author of The Historians of Greece and Rome and Dionysius of Halicarnassus Critical Essays. He is also the author of Greek Orators volume V and co-author of Greek Orators volume I (with M. Edwards) in this series.
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