Demosthenes
Author of Demosthenes: On the Crown [Greek text]
About the Author
Demosthenes, the orator, is said to have had to conquer an originally ineffective vocal delivery. After years of private law practice, he delivered the first of his three Philippics against Philip of Macedon in 351 B.C. He saw danger to Athens in the tyrannical expansion of the Macedonian state, show more but his passionate and compelling exhortations did not save the Greeks from defeat at Chaeronea in 338 B.C. Exiled in 324 B.C., he was recalled after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Again, he tried to organize the Greek resistance but failed and was forced to flee when Athens was taken. He took poison to avoid capture. His speeches are characterized by deep sincerity, prodigious power of verbal suggestion, and intricate structure. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Bust of the Greek orator Demosthenes. Marble, Roman artwork, inspired from a bronze statue by Polyeuctos (ca. 280 BC). Found in Italy. Louvre Museum, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17.
Series
Works by Demosthenes
Demosthenes: Orations I: 1-17, 20 (Olynthiacs. Philippics. Minor Public Orations) (Loeb Classical Library, No.238) (1930) 126 copies, 2 reviews
Demosthenes: Orations II: Orations 18-19 (De Corona, De Falsa Legatione) (Loeb Classical Library, No. 155) (1898) 81 copies
Demosthenes: Orations V: Orations 41-49 (Private Cases) (Loeb Classical Library No. 346) (1939) 76 copies
Demosthenes: Orations VII: Orations 60-61 (Funeral Speech. Erotic Essay). Exordia. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 374) (1949) 53 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus I [ed. Dilts: Orationes I-XVIII] (Oxford Classical Texts) (2002) 48 copies
Demosthenes: Orations VI: Orations 50-58 (Private Cases). Oration 59 (In Neaeram)∙ Loeb Classical Library No. 351) (1939) 43 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus I [ed. Butcher: Orationes I-XIX] (Oxford Classical Text) (1922) 39 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus III [ed. Rennie: Orationes XLI-LXI] (Oxford Classical Texts) (1931) 22 copies
Speeches 31-40 (English) 21 copies
Speeches 1-10 (English) 21 copies
Speeches 21-30 (English) 21 copies
Orationes 11-20 [in Greek] 21 copies
Speeches 41-50 (English) 21 copies
Speeches 51-61 (English) 21 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus II Pars I [ed. Butcher: Orationes XX-XXVI] (Oxford Classical Texts) (1985) 21 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus II Pars II [ed. Rennie: Orationes XXVII-XL] (Oxford Classical Texts) (1921) 18 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus II [ed. Dilts: Orationes XIX-XXIV] (Oxford Classical Texts) (2005) 13 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus III [ed. Dilts: Orationes XXV-XL] (Oxford Classical Text) (2008) 9 copies
Demosthenis Orationes. Tomus IV [ed. Dilts: Orationes XLI-] (Oxford Classical Texts) (2009) 8 copies
Orationes 7 copies
DEMOSTHENIS ORATIONES Editio Quarta Correctior Curante Volume II (speeches 20-40) (1911) 6 copies, 2 reviews
Demosthenes: Orations I-VII (Loeb Classical Library, No. 155, 238, 299, 318, 346, 351, 374) 6 copies
Demosthenes On the peace, Second Phillipic on the Chersonesus and Third Phillipic 5 copies, 1 review
2: Discursos privados / Private Speeches (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos) (Spanish Edition) (1983) 4 copies
Δημοσθένους λόγοι 3 copies
L'Orazione per la pace 3 copies
Œuvres complettes de Démosthene et d'Eschine, traduites en françois, avec des remarques sur les harangues & plaidoyers de ces deux orateurs, & des notes critiques &… 3 copies, 1 review
Demosthenes Orations Against Philip 3 copies
De Frente para o Céu 2 copies
Plaidoyers Politiques 2 copies
Filípicas (Discursos privados I) 2 copies
Orations, trans. By T Leland, v. II 2 copies
ORAZIONI SCELTE 2 copies
Demosthenis Orationes vol. 3 2 copies
La seconda orazione contro Filippo 2 copies
Discursos civils, vol. IV 2 copies
Orations, C.R. Kennedy, 5 vols. 2 copies
La seconda orazione olintiaca 2 copies
Private orations 2 copies
All the orations of Demosthenes, pronounced to excite the Athenians against Philip King of Macedon. Translated into English; by Thomas Leland, (1975) 2 copies
Κατά Φιλίππου Γ'. Κατά Φιλίππου Δ'. Επιστολή Φιλίππου. Προς την επιστολήν την Φιλίππου. Περί των… 2 copies
Demosthenis oratio De corona 2 copies
Harangues II 2 copies
Eschine contre Ctésiphon 2 copies
Řeči na sněmu 1 copy
Les Philippiques. 1 copy
Oração da Coroa 1 copy
Κατά Μειδίου 1 copy
Κατά Φιλίππου-Ολυνθιακοί 1 copy
Άπαντα 1 copy
Il porto dei ladri 1 copy
Processo ad una cortigiana 1 copy
Harrangues 1 copy
Δημοσθένης: Λόγοι, Τόμος Γ' 1 copy
Plaidoyers politiques 1 copy
Περί του στεφάνου (α) 1 copy
Δημοσθένους Ολυνθιακοί λόγοι 1 copy
De corona: oratio 1 copy
Plaidoyers politiques 1 copy
Κατά Αθηναίων 1 copy
Plaidoyer Civils 1 copy
Δημοσθένους Λόγοι 1 copy
Arengues Volum III 1 copy
Arengues Volum II 1 copy
Arengues Volum I 1 copy
Arengues, vol. 1 1 copy
Arengues, vol. 2 1 copy
Arengues, vol. 3 1 copy
Les Harangues de Démosthène 1 copy
A Oração da Coroa 1 copy
Discours pour la couronne 1 copy
Arengues. Vol I 1 copy
De frente para o mar 1 copy
Las filípicas 1 copy
Oração Da Coroa 1 copy
Arengues, vol. II: Sobre la pau. Segona filípica. Sobre l'Halonnès. Sobre la qüestió del Quersonès. Tercera filípica (1950) 1 copy
Discursos políticos 1 copy
Discursos políticos 1 copy
A oração da coroa 1 copy
Por la corona 1 copy
Sobre la corona 1 copy
Discursos civils, vol. V 1 copy
Wybór mów 1 copy
A oração da coroa 1 copy
Discursos II 1 copy
Discuros I 1 copy
Plaidoyers civils: Tome III : Discours XLIX-LVI. (Collection Des Universites De France Serie Grecque) (French Edition) (2002) 1 copy
Choix de discours 1 copy
Harangues - Tome I 1 copy
A oração da Coroa. Versão precedida de um estudo sobre a civilização da Grécia por Latino Coelho 1 copy
Arengues, I 1 copy
Sept Philippiques 1 copy
Première Olynthienne 1 copy
Les olynthiennes 1 copy
Orazioni 1 copy
ΔΗΜΟΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ: Tomus Primus — Author — 1 copy
ΔΗΜΟΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ: Tomus Secundus — Author — 1 copy
[Works] vol. 2 1 copy
The Embassy 1 copy
La prima filippica 1 copy
La terza filippica 1 copy
Works: Scholia Graeca Aucta et Emendata. Greek Text v. 8 & 9 (Greek history) (Greek Edition) (1973) 1 copy
Orations of Demosthenes Against Macartatus, Leochares, Stephanus I and II, Euergus and Others (2010) 1 copy
Demosthenes Werke 1 copy
Discursos civils 1 copy
Orationes (Tomus/Volume I) 1 copy
Orationes XX - XXIII 1 copy
Hoi tou Dēmosthenous logoi Philippikoi dōdeka = Demosthenis Orationes Philippicae duodecim 1 copy, 1 review
Orationes : LVI - LXL 1 copy
Demosthenis Opera: Ad Optimorvm Librorvm Fidem Accvrate Edita, Volume 3 (Ancient Greek Edition) 1 copy
Orationes, I 1 copy
Δημοσθενους λογοι, και προοιμια δημηγορικα, και επιστολαι, συν ταις εξηγησεσιν ωφελιμοταταις, του… 1 copy
Orationes, III 1 copy
Orationes, II 1 copy
Demosthenis Orationes 2.2 1 copy
L' orazione per la pace 1 copy
Demosthenis Orationes vol. 2 1 copy
Demosthenes Philippikái 1 copy
Demosthenis Orationes I 1 copy
Zehn Reden des Demosthenes 1 copy
Orationes, vol. I, pars I-III: Orationes I-XIX continens (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (1994) 1 copy
Orationes I-XVII (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (Ancient Greek Edition) (1890) 1 copy
Orationes XX-XL (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (Ancient Greek Edition) (1887) 1 copy
Opera 1 copy
Per la libertà dei Rodii 1 copy
Le orazioni olintiache 1 copy
Le orazioni 1 copy
Filippiche; Olintiache, 1 copy
La Prima Olintiaca 1 copy
In Cononen 1 copy
Terza filippica 1 copy
Söylevler 1 copy
The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demothenes W/ Direct Link Technology (A Classic Legend) 1 copy
The Orations of Demosthenes Against Leptines, Midias, Androtion, and Aristocrates Volume 3 (2019) 1 copy
Orations Volume VII: Orations 60-61: Funeral Speech. Erotic Essay. Exordia. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 374) (1962) 1 copy
Demosthenis Opera 1 copy
Antologia dalle orazioni: Demostene con introduzione e note di Augusta Izzo D'Accinni — Author — 1 copy
Speeches 27-38 1 copy
On the Crown (De Corona) 1 copy
Philippics I-III 1 copy
Demosthenes, Vol. 3: Against Meidias, Androtion, Aristocrates, Timocrates, Aristogeiton, 21-26 (2011) 1 copy
Κατά Νεαίρας 1 copy
Associated Works
The Delphian Course : Part Three : Greek Drama, Philiosopy and Literature, the Story of Rome (1913) — Contributor — 8 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Demosthenes
- Legal name
- Δημοσθένης Δημοσθένου Αττικός
- Birthdate
- 0384 [BCE]
- Date of death
- 0322 [BCE]
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Student of Isocrates and/or Plato, + Isaeus for Rhetoric
- Occupations
- speechwriter
lawyer
orator - Nationality
- Ancient Greece
- Birthplace
- Athens
- Places of residence
- Athens, Greece
- Place of death
- Island of Kalaureia (present day Poros)
- Map Location
- Ancient Greece
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Reviews
Demosthenes, I: Philippics, Olynthiacs, Minor Public Orations I-17 and 20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 238) (Greek and English Edition) by Demosthenes
The translation is dated, as I'm sure the Greek might be too -- this appears to be from the first generation of Loebs known for their terrible translations and lackluster scholarship. Still, Demosthenes' genius shines through. What an amazing orator.
Strange edition - the pages alternate printed, lined writing paper!
Brilliant if you want to make notes, but it makes for a ridiculously thick set of books. Frankly I'd rather replace it with something newer and slimmer. It looks as though Oxford are planning a whole new edition. But only volume 1 is available so far.
Brilliant if you want to make notes, but it makes for a ridiculously thick set of books. Frankly I'd rather replace it with something newer and slimmer. It looks as though Oxford are planning a whole new edition. But only volume 1 is available so far.
Strange edition - the pages alternately printed, then lined writing paper! Brilliant if you want to make notes, but it makes for a ridiculously thick set of books. Frankly, I'd rather replace it with something newer and slimmer. It looks as though Oxford are planning a whole new edition. But only volume 1 is available so far.
Dēmosthenous logoi eklektoi = Demosthenis selectae orationes. Ad codices MSS. recensuit, textum, scholiasten, & versionem ... castigavit, notis insuper illustravit Ricardus Mounteney, ... Praefiguntur Observationes in commentarios vulgò Ulpianeos, et tabula by Demosthenes
"read the Orations of Demosthenes & Cicero. analyse these orations, and examine the correctness of the disposition, language, figures, states of the cases, arguments Etc." - Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 Aug. 1814 [PTJ:RS 7:625-631]
"I would advise you to undertake a regular course of history & poetry in both languages, in Greek, go first thro’ the Cyropaedia, and then read Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon’s Hellenies & Anabasis, Arrian’s Alexander, & Plutarch’s lives, for prose show more reading: Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey, Euripides, Sophocles in poetry, & Demosthenes in Oratory." - Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 6 Oct. 1820
"for Senatorial eloquence Demosthenes is the finest model; for the bar Cicero. the former had more logic, the latter more imagination." - Thomas Jefferson to John Garland, 27 Feb. 1822 show less
"I would advise you to undertake a regular course of history & poetry in both languages, in Greek, go first thro’ the Cyropaedia, and then read Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon’s Hellenies & Anabasis, Arrian’s Alexander, & Plutarch’s lives, for prose show more reading: Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey, Euripides, Sophocles in poetry, & Demosthenes in Oratory." - Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 6 Oct. 1820
"for Senatorial eloquence Demosthenes is the finest model; for the bar Cicero. the former had more logic, the latter more imagination." - Thomas Jefferson to John Garland, 27 Feb. 1822 show less
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