"This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving
orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading
Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography
("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and justice. His
six surviving works all concern homicide cases. Andocides (ca.
440-390) was involved in two religious scandals - the mutilation of
the Herms (busts of Hermes) and the revelation of the Eleusinian
Mysteries - on the eve of the fateful Athenian expedition to Sicily
in 415. His speeches are a defense against charges relating to those
events."--BOOK JACKET. "Antiphon's speeches are introduced and
translated by Michael Gagarin, Professor of Classics at the
University of Texas at Austin. Andocides' speeches are introduced and
translated by Douglas M. MacDowell, Professor of Greek at the
University of Glasgow."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
English translations of classical Greek orations of Antiphon and
Andocides.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvi-xxvii) and index.
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