| Demosthenes: Olynthiacs Contributor(s): Demosthenes (Author), McQueen, E. I. |
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ISBN: 0862920736 ISBN-13: 9780862920739 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1998 Annotation: This edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (Cambridge University Press, 1915) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama - Foreign Language Study | Greek (modern) - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting |
| Dewey: 885.01 |
| LCCN: 90141863 |
| Series: Bristol Classical Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.88" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edition is in part a new work, and partly a revised and expanded version of the Pitt Press edition by J.M. MacGregor (Cambridge University Press, 1915). The Introduction is based on MacGregor's, revised and with an additional sections on Olynthos and the Chalcidian League, and Demosthenes' oratory. There is a also a new bibliography. The Greek text follows, along with a completely new commentary by E.I. McQueen, concentrating mainly on questions of grammar and syntax. The two Appendixes, on the Order of the Olynthiac Speeches and the Theoric Fund, have been completely rewritten to take account of modern scholarship. |