Minor Attic Orators, Volume II: Lycurgus. Dinarchus. Demades. Hyperides [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Demades, Dinarchus, Hyperides, et al.

Four rhetoricians confronting Macedonian dominance.

This volume collects the speeches of four orators involved in the ill-fated resistance of Athens to the power of Philip and Alexander the Great of Macedon.

Lycurgus of Athens (ca. 396-325 BC) concentrated on domestic affairs, especially financial, which he managed for twelve years, and naval matters. He also constructed and repaired important public buildings. Athens refused...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674994345
• ISBN13: 9780674994348
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.7"