The Athenian lawyer-politician Hypereides (390/89-322 BC)-- a central figure in Athenian political life, patriot, bon viveur , contemporary of Demosthenes, and one of the canonical Ten Attic Orators--was credited in antiquity with more than seventy speeches. David Whitehead has for the first time provided a complete commentary on all five of the surviving forensic speeches, including a general introduction, a new and accurate translation, and lavish historical and literary commentary.
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The Athenian lawyer-politician Hypereides (390/89-322 BC)-- a central figure in Athenian political life, patriot, bon viveur , contemporary of Demosthenes, and one of the canonical Ten Attic Orators--was credited in antiquity with more than seventy speeches. David Whitehead has for the first time provided a complete commentary on all five of the surviving forensic speeches, including a general introduction, a new and accurate translation, and lavish historical and literary commentary.
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