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Lysias 21 - A Commentary (Hardcover, Digital original)
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Lysias 21 - A Commentary (Hardcover, Digital original)
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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Lysias' 21st speech "On a charge of taking bribes" is an important
example of Attic oratory that sheds significant light on Classical
history and society. Delivered after the restoration of democracy
in 402 B.C.E., this speech provides information that is critical
for our understanding of the relationship between the Athenian
demos and aristocrats, Athenian civic institutions (e.g., taxation,
liturgies and conscription), religious beliefs, moral values,
political behavior, and, in particular, of the legal and rhetorical
treatment of embezzlement and bribery. It also supplies unique
information about the military engagement of the Athenians at
Aegospotami and the role of Alcibiades in the political life of
Athens. Despite its importance, however, Lysias' speech has never
been the subject of an extensive study in its own right. This
volume seeks to fill that gap by presenting the first systematic
commentary on this speech. The author puts much emphasis on its
structure, strategy, and argumentation, focusing especially on the
tension between the actual practices of the anonymous client of the
logographer and civic ideals invoked in the present case. The book
is intended to be of interest to classicists, ancient historians
and political theorists, but also to the general reader.
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