9780460116305 - Social Values in Classical Greece (Everyman's University Paperbacks) von Fisher, N.R.E. (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0460116304.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 1976. Glossy paper covers, worn and rubbed; some creasing to front cover; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 177 pages.

Dent/Hakkert, London/Toronto, 1976. X,176p. Paperback. Series: The Ancient World: Source Books. 'As has often been said and as Dover's 'Greek Morality in the rime of Plato and Aristotle' has recently underlined, Greek forensic oratory offers a surer guide to the attitudes and beliefs of the majority citizens than does the evidence from historians, dramatists, and philosophers. Mr. Fisher would agree and rightly adds that the evidence of the law-court speeches is much less readily and clearly available at present in English. Readily and clearly available some of it now is. For the bulk of the book comprises translations of Lysias, Isaeus, Demosthenes, Lycurgus, and some inscriptions. (?) The translation reaches a high degree of accuracy, each extract prefaced with a commentary which illuminates what is to follow and focuses the reader?s attention on what is relevant. (?) To help in assessing and interpreting these speeches Mr. Fisher gives thorough and sensible help.' (H.J.K. USHER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1978, p.364). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover.