Synopses & Reviews
This concise and informative introduction to the Attic orators, a volume in the well established Classical World series,is aimed at the late school and undergraduate student. It includes valuable comments on the orators' styles and a chronologically arranged catalogue of speeches.
Synopsis
The speeches of the Attic orators were mostly composed for delivery in the Athenian law-courts and assembly, and at other public meetings such as state funerals, in the late fifth and fourth centuries BC. They contain much information about, and valuable insights into, the life, thought, and institutions of classical Athens, while at the same time being central evidence for the development of Athenian prose literature.