The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes

Martin, Gunther (ed.) (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford: Oxford University Press 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198713852.001.0001

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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. He was a key player in Athens in the twilight of the city’s independence, and today he is a primary source for her history and society in that period. The Oxford Handbook of Demosthenes sets out to explore the many facets of the man’s life, work, and time. It gives particular weight to elucidating the setting and the contexts of his activity and some key themes that the speeches deal with. It thereby illustrates the interplay and mutual influence between the rhetoric and the environment from which it emerged. In this way the handbook is an up-to-date reference to issues and problems one encounters when approaching the speeches: it showcases the role that Demosthenes’ presentation of his world has had for our view of it and how Athenian reality in turn influenced the speeches, as it formed the backdrop to which the rhetoric had to adapt. Thirty-five experts contribute to explore and enrich our knowledge of one of the most prominent figures of ancient Greece and the masterpieces he left. Their wide range of expertise and the different scholarly traditions they represent make this book a demonstration of the richness and diversity of current Demosthenic studies.

Item Type:	Book (Edited Volume)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Classical Philology
UniBE Contributor:	Martin, Gunther Ulf
Subjects:	800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 400 Language 100 Philosophy > 180 Ancient, medieval & eastern philosophy 800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism > 880 Classical & modern Greek literatures 900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
ISBN:	978-0-19-871385-2
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Language:	English
Submitter:	Gunther Ulf Martin
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2019 15:06
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 23:32
Publisher DOI:	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198713852.001.0001
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/133024