Demosthenes of Athens and the fall of classical Greece [electronic resource] / Ian Worthington
- Author
- Worthington, Ian
- Published
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: One.Preamble: "Politicians and Heroes" -- Two.Demosthenes, Son of Demosthenes -- Three.Greece and the Awakening of Macedonia -- Four.Into the Public Eye -- Five.The Aspiring Politician -- Six.Swaying the Assembly -- Seven.An Uneasy Peace -- Eight.Resisting Philip -- Nine."Speeches Like Soldiers" -- Ten.The End of Greek Freedom -- Eleven."For the Conqueror, Death" -- Twelve.Demosthenes and Alexander the Great -- Thirteen.The Crown Trial -- Fourteen.Decline and Fall -- Fifteen.Poison from the Pen.
- Summary
- Regarded as ancient Greece's greatest orator, Demosthenes lived through and helped shape one of the most eventful epochs in antiquity. This biography's chronological arrangement brings Demosthenes vividly to life, discussing his troubled childhood and youth, the obstacles he faced in his public career, his fierce rivalries with other Athenian politicians, his successes and failures, and even his posthumous influence as a politician and orator.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780199980628 (ebook)
- Note
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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