A Commentary on Demosthenes's Philippic I: With Rhetorical Analyses of Philippics II and III

by Cecil Wooten

Overview

Philippic I, delivered between 351 B.C. - 350 B.C., was the first speech by a prominent politician against the growing power of Philip II of Macedon. Along with the other Philippics of Demosthenes', it is arguably one of the finest deliberative speeches from antiquity. The present volume provides the first commentary in English on the Philippics since 1907 and promises to encourage more study of this essential Greek orator. Aiming his commentary at advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students, Cecil Wooten addresses rhetorical and stylistic matters, historical background, and grammatical problems. In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I, this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195333275
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	04/03/2008
Series:	American Philological Association Classical Texts with Commentary Series
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Cecil Wooten is Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

Preface
2. Introduction to Philippic I
3. Commentary on Philippic I
4. Appendix A: Commentary on Philippic II
5. Appendix B: Commentary on Philippic III
6. Appendix C: The Longer and Shorter Versions of
Philippic III