Speeches (Loeb Classical Library) by Aeschines. ISBN 13: 9780674991187

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Harvard University Press, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 1958 printing. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard University Press, 1988 12mo (17 cm), xxiii, 528, 8 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Aeschines, orator and statesman of Athens, 390 or 389–14 BCE, became active in politics about 350. In 348 he was a member of a mission sent to the Peloponnese to stir up feeling against the growing power of king Philip of Macedon; but in 347, when part of a peace-making embassy to Philip, was won over to sympathy with the king, and became a supporter of the peace policy of the Athenian statesman Eubulus. On a second embassy in 346 to ratify a peace Aeschines’s delaying tactics caused the famous orator Demosthenes and Timarchus to accuse him of treason, a charge which he successfully rebutted in the strong extant speech Against Timarchus. In 344–3, when Demosthenes accused him again in a speech, Aeschines replied in the fine extant speech having the same title On the False Embassy and was again acquitted. In 336, when Ctesiphon proposed that Demosthenes should be awarded a crown… Read More

Hardback. New. As examples of Greek oratory the speeches of Aeschines (390 or 389 314 BCE) rank next to those of Demosthenes, and are important documents for the study of Athenian diplomacy and inner politics. Aeschines powerful speeches include "Against Timarchus," "On the False Embassy," and "Against Ctesiphon."

Loeb Classical Library, 1919. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 560 pages. 7.00x4.75x1.25 inches.

Harvard University Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!