Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Aris & Phillips
Date Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN-13:9780856683077ISBN:0856683078
Description: New. 0856683078 Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness only to Demosthenes amongst the Ten Attic Orators. His execution in 322 BC for opposition to Macedonian rule left Dinarchus as the last of the Ten to survive. This book critically evaluates the speeches of both orators against Demosthenes and discusses Hyperides' funeral oration as an important historical source for understanding Athens in the last years of the reign of Alexander the Great. The history of the period of ... read more
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