Lives of the Attic Orators: Texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

by: Roisman, J. Worthington, I. Waterfield, R.

Lives of the Attic Orators
Texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda
Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington
Robin Waterfield
Clarendon Ancient History Series
Features a comprehensive introduction which explores the content and history of the biographies from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda
Provides a complete translation of these often overlooked and inaccessible texts
Offers important information for students of oratory, rhetoric, and ancient history

Description
This volume provides a complete translation of, and historical and historiographical commentary on, the lives of the ten Attic orators written by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda.
Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorical and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates, and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in the ancient lives.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Translator's Note
Speech and Letter Numbers and Titles
Abbreviations
Map 1
Map 2
Introduction
Translation: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators
Commentary: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators
Decrees: Pseudo-Plutarch, Lives of the Orators
Photius: Translation with Notes
The Suda: Translation with Notes
Glossary of Technical Terms
Bibliography
Index

Lives of the Attic Orators: Texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda

by: Roisman, J. Worthington, I. Waterfield, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780199687671 / 978-0-19-968767-1
• ISBN-03: 0199687676 / 0-19-968767-6
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015