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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Lysias (Hardcover)
Lysias; Translated by W.R.M. Lamb
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R756
Discovery Miles 7 560
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Lysias (ca. 458-ca. 380 BCE), born at Athens, son of a wealthy
Syracusan settled in Attica, lived in Peiraeus, where with his
brother he inherited his father's shield factory. Being a loyal
supporter of democracy, Lysias took the side of the democrats at
Athens against the Thirty Tyrants in 404, supplying shields and
money. After one political speech in accusation of Eratosthenes
(one of the Thirty) in 405, he became at Athens a busy professional
speech writer for the law courts. At the Olympic festival of 388 he
denounced, with riotous results, the costly display of the embassy
sent by Dionysius I of Syracuse and the domination of Sicily by
Dionysius.
The surviving speeches of Lysias (about thirty complete out of a
very much larger number) are fluent, simple and graceful in style
yet vivid in description. They suggest a passionate partisan who
was also a gentle humorous man. We see in him the art of oratory
young and fresh.
A commentary in the original Greek, with notes and an introductory
essay. This unique text contains all the standard apparatus of a
traditional commentary, plus it can work in conjunction with tools
from the Perseus Project.
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Vse slozno
Lysia Prepinakova
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R397
Discovery Miles 3 970
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