{"title":"Demosthenes","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the eloquent speeches and instructive texts of \u003cstrong\u003eDemosthenes\u003c\/strong\u003e, a master of classical Greek oratory. This collection offers readers an insight into the art of persuasion through carefully edited orations and educational prose courses designed to deepen understanding of ancient rhetoric and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for those interested in \u003cem\u003eeducation, reference,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, these works illuminate the enduring power of language and argument. Whether for scholarly study or personal enrichment, Demosthenes’ writings provide a compelling glimpse into the cultural heritage of classical Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-greek-prose-course-unit-3-by-demosthenes-9781853995392","title":"A Greek Prose Course: Unit 3","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is part three of a four-unit prose reading course designed for beginners in Greek and other learners wishing to consolidate their reading skills. Particular attention is paid to idiomatic usage (both in Greek and English), word order and the use of particles and particle-combinations. Practical guidance is given on mastering the verbal systems and other features of the language which beginners generally find problematic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe four units may be studied in succession as part of a progressive course, but each unit is sufficiently self-contained to permit the pursuit of particular interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe course comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Unit 1: Forensic Oratory - Lysias: \u003ci\u003eOn the Murder of Eratosthenes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Unit 2: Philosophy - Plato: \u003ci\u003eCrito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Unit 3: Political Oratory - Demosthenes: \u003ci\u003eThird Philippic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Unit 4: Historiography - Thucydides: \u003ci\u003eEvents at Pylos and Sphacteria\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470030979308,"sku":"9781853995392","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781853995392-a-greek-prose-course-unit-3.jpg?v=1775207860"},{"product_id":"orations-volume-i-by-demosthenes-9780674992634","title":"Orations, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDemosthenes (384–322 BCE), an orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became a statesman, championing the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to the rise of Philip of Macedon to supremacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe possess by him political speeches and law-court speeches composed for parties in private cases and political cases. His early reputation as the best of Greek orators rests on his steadfastness of purpose, his sincerity, his clear and pungent argument, and his severe control of language. In his law cases, he is the advocate; in his political speeches, a castigator not of his opponents but of their politics. Demosthenes provides vivid pictures of the public and private life of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Demosthenes is in seven volumes. The first of these seven volumes contains nine famous speeches in which he attempted to rouse Athenian alarm about Macedonian ambitions: the three \u003cem\u003eOlynthiacs\u003c\/em\u003e, the four \u003cem\u003ePhilippics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOn the Chersonese\u003c\/em\u003e. Here too are Philip of Macedon's letter to Athens declaring war and the Answer to Philip's letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487440126188,"sku":"9780674992634","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5de7ad7befbcaffc03afe7135dc8baf0.jpg?v=1775777091"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/demosthenes.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}