Ian Worthington

Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first ever biography of Demosthenes written in English for a popular audience, set against the rich backdrop of late classical Greece and Macedonia

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780190263560
• ISBN-10: 0190263563
• Artikelnr.: 47863851

Autorenporträt

Ian Worthington is Curators' Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri and author of By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations and Maps
Demosthenes' Life: The Main Events
Speech Numbers and Titles
Quotations and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Preamble: "Politicians and Heroes"
Chapter 2. Demosthenes, Son of Demosthenes
Chapter 3. Greece and the Awakening of Macedonia
Chapter 4. Into the Public Eye
Chapter 5. The Aspiring Politician
Chapter 6. Swaying the Assembly
Chapter 7. An Uneasy Peace
Chapter 8. Resisting Philip
Chapter 9. "Speeches Like Soldiers"
Chapter 10. The End of Greek Freedom
Chapter 11. "For the Conqueror, Death"
Chapter 12. Demosthenes and Alexander the Great
Chapter 13. The Crown Trial
Chapter 14. Decline and Fall
Chapter 15. Poison from the Pen
Appendix: Ancient Coinage and Months of the Attic Year
Bibliography
Index