Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator

Demosthenes' political power stretched over thirty years. Successive generations have judged him the statesmanpar excellence, and his oratory as some of the finest to survive from classical Greece. His reputation is such that he is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of a patriot. Yet, conversely, Demosthenes' political career led to the defeat of Greece by Macedon, and the loss of Greek autonomy. In spite of his undoubted individual importance in fourth-century Greek history, recent scholarship has tended to focus on Demosthenes in the context of his era. This volume redresses the balance, with a thoroughgoing study of the man and his career.

E. Badian Department of History, Harvard University John Buckler Department of History, University of Illinois Craig Cooper Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg, Canada Mark Golden Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg, Canada Phillip Harding Department of Classics, University of British Columbia, Canada R.D. Milns Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Queensland, Australia David C. Mirhady Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada T.T.B. Ryder Department of Classics, University of Reading, England Ian Worthington Department of History, University of Missouri-Columbia