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Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches
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The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case and the prejudices, beliefs and attitudes of the Athenian man-in-the-street. A commentary sheds light on their effectiveness.
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- Title
- Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Demosthenes
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 1985
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0521283736
- ISBN13
- 9780521283731
- Category
- Social sciences, Textbooks, University and college textbooks
- Description
- The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case and the prejudices, beliefs and attitudes of the Athenian man-in-the-street. A commentary sheds light on their effectiveness.