Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches
Demosthenes
Cambridge University Press, 1985
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The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case and the prejudices, beliefs and attitudes of the Athenian man-in-the-street. A commentary sheds light on their effectiveness.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521283731
- ISBN-10
- 0521283736
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1985
- Publication date
- 1985-07-18
- Pages
- 252
- Dimensions
- 127x203x20
- Weight
- 286