Hypereides: The Forensic Speeches [Hardcover]

Hypereides (Author), David Whitehead (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198152183 | ISBN-13: 978-0198152187 | Publication Date: January 11, 2001

The Athenian lawyer-politician Hypereides (390/89-322 BC)-- a central figure in Athenian political life, patriot, bon viveur, contemporary of Demosthenes, and one of the canonical Ten Attic Orators--was credited in antiquity with more than seventy speeches. All were lost until the second half of the nineteenth century, when papyrus finds in Egypt recovered (in whole or part) six, five of them forensic. David Whitehead has for the first time provided a complete commentary on all five of the surviving forensic speeches. This book includes a general introduction, a new and accurate translation, and lavish historical and literary commentary.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`Whitehead's scholarship is impressive' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

`Care and detail has gone into the translation and the commentary' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

`Until now there has been no major commentary in English on the surviving speeches of Hypereides. It is a welcome relief that such a commentary now exists and by such a reputable scholar as David Whitehead' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

`The book, long overdue, is beautifully produced, immediately useful, and will quickly become authoritative. We must be grateful.' Religious Studies Review, vol.27, no.3

`impressive knowledge of four-century Athenian history' Religious Studies Review, vol.27, no.3

`David Whitehead's new commentary on what survives of H's forensic speeches lives up to the promise of the dust-jacket of 'lavish historical and literary commentary'. Legal and political questions attract particular attention, and W's scholarly and thoroughly up-to-date commentary is destined to become a standard work of reference, as well as putting H once and for all on the scholarly map.' Richard Hunter, The Anglo-Hellenic Review

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198152183
• ISBN-13: 978-0198152187
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,960,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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