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Griffith-Williams, Brenda

 
9781835538005: Greek Orators VIII: Isaeus Orations: 1, 2, 4 and 6
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ISBN 10 : 1835538002 ISBN 13 : 9781835538005
Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2024

Synopsis

The four selected speeches were composed by a professional speechwriter, Isaeus, for litigants contesting inheritance claims in the Athenian courts of the fourth century BC. They offer some intriguing glimpses into the domestic life of (mainly wealthy) Athenian families, with sometimes scandalous stories of forged wills, family quarrels, illegitimate children, divorce, and prostitution. The narratives feature positive and negative Athenian stereotypes of women (dutiful wife or deceitful seductress). In the first comprehensive English language commentaries on these speeches for over 100 years. the main focus is on legal issues as the key to understanding Isaeus’s rhetorical strategy. The aim is to show that he did not, as modern scholars have sometimes argued, ignore the law and seek to win cases for his clients on purely moral grounds. Rather, through carefully constructed narratives and persuasive but sometimes convoluted argumentation, he sought to convince the judges that the law was on his clients’ side. The combination of translations and commentaries makes the selected speeches accessible to readers with little or no knowledge of classical Greek. No familiarity with Athenian law is assumed, but the book will also be useful to specialists seeking to explore Isaeus’s work in greater depth.

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À propos de l'auteur

Brenda Griffith-Williams is an independent researcher specializing in Athenian law and rhetoric, with a particular interest in inheritance cases. Her publications include Evidence and proof in ancient Greece, ed. C. Carey, M. Edwards and B. Griffith-Williams; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024; Greek Orators VIII: Isaeus Orations 1, 2, 4 and 6 (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts); Liverpool University Press, 2022; The making of identities in Athenian oratory, ed. J. Filonik, B. Griffith-Williams and J. Kucharski; Routledge, 2020.

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Éditeur
Liverpool University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1835538002
ISBN 13 
9781835538005
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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