Greek Orators IV: Andocides Edwards Hardback Liverpool University Press

Greek Orators IV: AndocidesAuthor(s): M. Edwards\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Aris & Phillips Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780856685279, 978-0856685279\nSynopsis\nRational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are\nelements of most literature, but they are found in their purest\nform in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for\ndelivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies\nenjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best\nof them have great vitality. There is no crude, primitive stage\nof development: the earliest speeches are perfect in form and\nhighly sophisticated in technique. They inform the reader about\naspects of Greek society and about their moral values, in a\ndirect and illuminating way not paralleled in other literature.\n\nText with translation, commentary and notes.