Socrates and the Socratic Dialogue
Socrates and the Socratic Dialogue

Author: Alessandro Stavru

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 9004341226

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Socrates and the Socratic Dialogue assembles the most complete range of studies on Socrates and the Socratic dialogue. It focuses on portrayals of Socrates, whether as historical figure or protagonist of ‘Socratic dialogues’, in extant and fragmentary texts from Classical Athens through Late Antiquity. Special attention is paid to the evolving power and texture of the Socratic icon as it adopted old and new uses in philosophy, biography, oratory, and literature. Chapters in this volume focus on Old Comedy, Sophistry, the first-generation Socratics including Plato and Xenophon, Aristotle and Aristoxenus, Epicurus and Stoicism, Cicero and Persius, Plutarch, Apuleius and Maximus, Diogenes Laertius, Libanius, Themistius, Julian, and Proclus.

Isocrates II
Isocrates II

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Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0292774141

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This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338) was one of the leading intellectual figures of the fourth century. This volume contains his orations 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14, as well as all of his letters. These are Isocrates' political works. Three of the discourses—Panathenaicus, On the Peace, and the most famous, Panegyricus—focus on Athens, Isocrates' home. Archidamus is written in the voice of the Spartan prince to his assembly, and Plataicus is in the voice of a citizen of Plataea asking Athens for aid, while in To Philip, Isocrates himself calls on Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greece against Persia.

Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)

Author: Isocrates

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2016-11-13

Total Pages: 2246

ISBN-13: 1786563819

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Among the most influential Greek rhetoricians of his time, Isocrates left behind important historical speeches on the intellectual and political life of Athens. The school he founded differed markedly in its aims from Plato’s Academy, featuring among its pupils men of eminence from all over the Greek world. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Isocrates’ complete extant works, with relevant illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Isocrates’ life and works * Features the complete extant works of Isocrates, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introduction to the works * Includes George Norlin’s translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Isocrates * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the works you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students * Features three bonus biographies – discover Isocrates’ ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations THE SPEECHES THE LETTERS The Greek Texts LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Dual Texts DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXTS The Biographies ISOCRATES by Plutarch INTRODUCTION TO ISOCRATES by George Norlin ISOCRATES by Richard Claverhouse Jebb Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

A Companion to Greek Rhetoric
A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Author: Ian Worthington

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-11

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 144433414X

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This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English