Description
This edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (Cambridge University Press, 1915). The Introduction is based on MacGregor's, revised and with an additional sections on Olynthos and the Chalcidian League, and Demosthenes' oratory. There is a also a new bibliography. The Greek text follows, along with a completely new commentary by E.I. McQueen, concentrating mainly on questions of grammar and syntax. The two Appendixes, on the Order of the Olynthiac Speeches and the Theoric Fund, have been completely rewritten to take account of modern scholarship.
Author: Demosthenes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/27/1998
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.88w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9780862920739
ISBN10: 0862920736
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | General
- Foreign Language Study | Greek (Modern)
- Performing Arts | Theater | Playwriting
About the Author
E.I. McQueen was Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Bristol.