Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece
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Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece
Worthington, Ian (Professor of History and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Classical Studies, University of Missouri)
Oxford University Press Inc
12/2015
416
Mole
Inglês
9780190263560
15 a 20 dias
The first ever biography of Demosthenes written in English for a popular audience, set against the rich backdrop of late classical Greece and Macedonia
Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of Illustrations and Maps ; Demosthenes' Life: The Main Events ; Speech Numbers and Titles ; Quotations and Abbreviations ; Chapter 1. Preamble: "Politicians and Heroes" ; Chapter 2. Demosthenes, Son of Demosthenes ; Chapter 3. Greece and the Awakening of Macedonia ; Chapter 4. Into the Public Eye ; Chapter 5. The Aspiring Politician ; Chapter 6. Swaying the Assembly ; Chapter 7. An Uneasy Peace ; Chapter 8. Resisting Philip ; Chapter 9. "Speeches Like Soldiers" ; Chapter 10. The End of Greek Freedom ; Chapter 11. "For the Conqueror, Death" ; Chapter 12. Demosthenes and Alexander the Great ; Chapter 13. The Crown Trial ; Chapter 14. Decline and Fall ; Chapter 15. Poison from the Pen ; Appendix: Ancient Coinage and Months of the Attic Year ; Bibliography ; Index
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The first ever biography of Demosthenes written in English for a popular audience, set against the rich backdrop of late classical Greece and Macedonia
Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of Illustrations and Maps ; Demosthenes' Life: The Main Events ; Speech Numbers and Titles ; Quotations and Abbreviations ; Chapter 1. Preamble: "Politicians and Heroes" ; Chapter 2. Demosthenes, Son of Demosthenes ; Chapter 3. Greece and the Awakening of Macedonia ; Chapter 4. Into the Public Eye ; Chapter 5. The Aspiring Politician ; Chapter 6. Swaying the Assembly ; Chapter 7. An Uneasy Peace ; Chapter 8. Resisting Philip ; Chapter 9. "Speeches Like Soldiers" ; Chapter 10. The End of Greek Freedom ; Chapter 11. "For the Conqueror, Death" ; Chapter 12. Demosthenes and Alexander the Great ; Chapter 13. The Crown Trial ; Chapter 14. Decline and Fall ; Chapter 15. Poison from the Pen ; Appendix: Ancient Coinage and Months of the Attic Year ; Bibliography ; Index
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