Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda
- Title
- Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda / introduction and commentary by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington ; translation by Robin Waterfield.
- Published by
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- ©2015
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- Description
- xvii, 381 pages : maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators given by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda. Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorical and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates, and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in the ancient lives.
- Series statement
- Clarendon ancient history series
- Uniform title
- Suda lexicon. Selections (Lives of the Attic orators). English (Waterfield)
- Clarendon ancient history series.
- Subject
- Photius > I, > Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, > approximately 820-approximately 891
- Attic Greek dialect
- Photius > I, > Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, > approximately 820-approximately 891 > Bibliotheca
- Orators > Greece > Athens > Early works to 1800
- Orators > Greece > Biography
- Plutarch > Vitae decem oratorum
- Oratory, Ancient
- Suda lexicon
- Contents
- Introduction. Greek oratory and the orators ; The canon of the Attic orators ; Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda ; The sources of Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda ; Other orators --Translation : Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the ten orators -- Commentary : Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the ten orators -- Decrees : Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the orators : translation with notes -- Photius : translation with notes -- The Suda : translation with notes.
- Call number
- JFD 16-3654
- Note
- Ancient texts translated from the Ancient Greek.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-366) and index.
- Title
- Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda / introduction and commentary by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington ; translation by Robin Waterfield.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Copyright date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Clarendon ancient history series
- Clarendon ancient history series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-366) and index.
- Added author
- Roisman, Joseph, 1946- writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
- Worthington, Ian, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
- Waterfield, Robin, 1952- translator.
- Container of (expression): Plutarch. Vitae decem oratorum. English (Waterfield)
- Container of (expression): Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. Bibliotheca. Selections (Lives of the Attic orators). English (Waterfield)
- Added title
- Container of (expression): Suda lexicon. Selections (Lives of the Attic orators). English (Waterfield)
- LCCN
- 2014956598
- ISBN
- 9780199687671 (pbk.)
- 0199687676 (pbk.)
- 9780199687664 (hbk.)
- 0199687668 (hbk.)
- Research call number
- JFD 16-3654