Description
Book SynopsisThis volume contains all the complete works and eleven of the largest fragments attributed to Lysias, the leading speechwriter of the generation (403–380 B.C.) after the Peloponnesian War.
Trade Review"A highly readable and nicely produced translation of the corpus of Lysias ...Todd's translation possesses many of the virtues of Lysias' own style. It is consistently lucid in its language, appealing in its tone, and persuasive by the apparent effortlessness of its art. He provides a reliable and readable translation of the whole corpus of Lysias, with the necessary minimum of explanatory notes and introductions, for Greekless readers. Readers already familiar with these speeches may not find too much that is new, but they still gain a worthy modern translation which includes the most substantial fragments, some recent bibliography, and a wonderful tool with which to introduce others to Lysias. For all students of Greek history and oratory, this volume, as well as this whole series, is a most welcome and well conceived project." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Table of Contents
- Series Editor's Preface (Michael Gagarin)
- Translator's Preface (S. C. Todd)
- Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin)
- Oratory in Classical Athens
- The Orators
- The Works of the Orators
- Government and Law in Classical Athens
- The Translation of Greek Oratory
- Abbreviations
- Note on Currency
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Supplementary Bibliography for Volume 2
- Modern Editions of Lysias
- Lysias (S. C. Todd)
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Career
- Style
- Survival and Authenticity
- Fragments
- Further Reading
- 1. On the Death of Eratosthenes
- 2. Funeral Speech
- 3. Against Simon
- 4. On a Premeditated Wounding
- 5. For Callias
- 6. Against Andocides
- 7. Concerning the Sekos
- 8. Against the Members of a Sunousia
- 9. For the Soldier
- 10-11. Against Theomnestus for Defamation
- 12. Against Eratosthenes
- 13. Against Agoratus
- 14-15. Against Alcibiades
- 16. For Mantitheus
- 17. On the Property of Eraton
- 18. On the Property of Nicias' Brother
- 19. On the Property of Aristophanes
- 20. For Polystratus
- 21. On a Charge of Accepting Bribes
- 22. Against the Retailers of Grain
- 23. Against Pancleon
- 24. For the Disabled Man
- 25. On a Charge of Overthrowing the Democracy
- 26. Against Euandrus
- 27. Against Epicrates
- 28-29. Against Ergocles and Against Philocrates
- 30. Against Nicomachus
- 31. Against Philon
- 32. Against Diogeiton
- 33. Olympic Speech
- 34. Preserving the Ancestral Constitution
- Fragment 1. Against Aeschines the Socratic
- Fragment 2. Against Teisis
- Fragment 3. For Pherenicus
- Fragment 4. Against Cinesias
- Fragment 5. Against Archebiades
- Fragment 6. Against the Sons of Hippocrates
- Fragment 7. Against Hippotherses
- Fragment 8. Against Theomnestus
- Fragment 9. For Eryximachus
- Fragment 10. Against Theozotides
- Fragment 11. Concerning Antiphon's Daughter
- Index
