{"product_id":"demosthenes-speeches-23-26-edward-m-harris-9781477313527","title":"Demosthenes, Speeches 23-26","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the fifteenth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have recently been attracting particular interest: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides introductions, translations, and notes for four speeches found in the Demosthenic corpus that have not been translated in recent times. \u003ci\u003eAgainst Aristocrates\u003c\/i\u003e deals with matters of foreign policy involving a mercenary general, Charidemus, and is a valuable source for Athenian homicide law. \u003ci\u003eAgainst Timocrates\u003c\/i\u003e involves domestic politics and provides important information about Athenian procedures for enacting legislation. In both speeches, the litigants stress the importance of the rule of law in Athenian democracy and emphasize key ideas, such as the monopoly of legitimate force by the state, the need for consistency in statutes, and the principle of no punishment without a written law. The remaining two speeches, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Aristogeiton\u003c\/i\u003e, are forgeries composed in the Hellenistic period, as Edward Harris demonstrates conclusively through a study of laws and legal procedures and an analysis of style and vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward M. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477313524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477313527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Edward M. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935566102783,"sku":"9781477313527","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b62d5a8f-6a87-448a-a883-cf9320f38679.jpg?v=1681420545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/demosthenes-speeches-23-26-edward-m-harris-9781477313527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}