Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

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Label

Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

Title remainder

texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

Statement of responsibility

introduction and commentary by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington ; translation by Robin Waterfield

Contributor

• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
• Waterfield, Robin, 1952-
• Waterfield, Robin, 1952-
• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
• Worthington, Ian,
• Plutarch
• Plutarch
• Worthington, Ian,

Translator

• Waterfield, Robin, 1952-
• Waterfield, Robin, 1952-

Writer of added commentary

• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
• Worthington, Ian,
• Worthington, Ian,

Writer of introduction

• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-
• Worthington, Ian,
• Worthington, Ian,
• Roisman, Joseph, 1946-

Subject

• Orators -- Greece -- Biography
• Orators -- Greece -- Biography
• Orators -- Greece | Athens -- Early works to 1800
• Orators -- Greece | Athens -- Early works to 1800
• Oratory, Ancient
• Oratory, Ancient
• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Photius, I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891
• Plutarch
• Plutarch
• Plutarch
• Plutarch
• Suda lexicon
• Suda lexicon
• Photius, approximately 815-approximately 897
• Attic Greek dialect
• Biographies
• Biographies
• Attic Greek dialect

Genre

• Biographies
• Biography
• Early works to 1800

Language

• eng
• grc
• eng

Summary

This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators given by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda. Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorical and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates, and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in the ancient lives

Member of

• Suda lexicon, Selections (Lives of the Attic orators)
• Clarendon ancient history series
• Suda lexicon, Selections (Lives of the Attic orators)

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

NLGGC

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Clarendon ancient history series