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Lysias (Hardcover)
Lysias; Translated by W.R.M. Lamb
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R777
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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.
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Lysias... (Paperback)
Lysias
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R975
R805
Discovery Miles 8 050
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of
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