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Demosthenes (384-322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
1930-1949.
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Series: | Loeb Classical Library
155, 238, 299, 318, 346, 351, 374. |
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Summary: | Demosthenes (384-322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary life. |
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Physical Description: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (7 τ.) |
Bibliography: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο. |