Demosthenes' On the crown
Subtitle: a critical case study of a masterpiece of ancient oratory
By: edited by James J. Murphy ; with a new translation by John J. Keaney.
Contributors: Murphy, James Jerome.; Demosthenes.
Publisher: Hermagoras Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Davis, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Demosthenes.; Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- History and criticism.; Oratory, Ancient.
Other titles: On the crown.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 201-202.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1967. (Studies in speech)
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / James J. Murphy; title: The life of Demosthenes / Plutarch; title: The oratorical career of Demosthenes / George Kennedy; title: Aeschines' speech, Against Ctesiphon (an abstract) / Donovan J. Ochs; title: Demosthenes' Oration on the crown (a translation) / John J. Keaney; title: Rhetorical criticism / Jon M. Ericson; title: A structural analysis of the speech On the crown / Francis P. Donnelly; title: Demosthenes' use of history / Charles Rann Kennedy; title: Demosthenes' use of argument / Donovan J. Ochs; title: Demosthenes' use of language / Galen O. Rowe.