Antiphon and Andocides

by Antiphon; Gagarin, Michael; MacDowell, Douglas M.

• ISBN13: 9780292728080
• ISBN10: 0292728085
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"In its primary aim of making Antiphon and Andocides accessible to a broader audience, the volume is eminently successful. Both translators show steady hands, accurately conveying the substance (and nuances) of the speeches in a clear, modern idiom...The book also succeeds in its aim of making the orators intelligible to novices; the introductions and notes provide a brief survey of some of the historical and legal complexities of Attic oratory. Indeed, Gagarin and MacDowell touch on an impressive range of topics within short compass." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review 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, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography ("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and justice. His six surviving works all concern homicide cases. Andocides (ca. 440-390) was involved in two religious scandals--the mutilation of the Herms (busts of Hermes) and the revelation of the Eleusinian Mysteries--on the eve of the fateful Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415. His speeches are a defense against charges relating to those events.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Series Introduction	ix	(1)
Michael Gagarin
Oratory in Classical Athens	ix	(3)
The Orators	xii	(3)
The Works of the Orators	xv	(2)
Government and Law in Classical Athens	xvii	(7)
The Translation of Greek Oratory	xxiv	(1)
Abbreviations	xxv	(1)
Note on Currency	xxv	(1)
Bibliography of Works Cited	xxvi
ANTIPHON	1	(92)
Michael Gagarin
Introduction	3	(6)
1. Against the Stepmother	9	(10)
The Tetralogies	17	(2)
2. First Tetralogy	19	(11)
3. Second Tetralogy	30	(10)
4. Third Tetralogy	40	(8)
5. On the Murder of Herodes	48	(25)
6. On the Chorus Boy	73	(20)
Fragment I. On the Revolution	90	(3)
ANDOCIDES	93	(78)
Douglas M. MacDowell
Introduction	95	(4)
1. On the Mysteries	99	(42)
2. On His Return	141	(7)
3. On the Peace with Sparta	148	(11)
4. Against Alcibiades	159	(12)
Index	171