Demosthenes and Cicero / Plutarch ; [translated with introduction and commentary by] Andrew Lintott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Clarendon ancient history seriesEdition: First editionDescription: xii, 227 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780199699711 (hbk.)
  • 0199699712 (hbk.)
  • 9780199699728 (pbk.)
  • 0199699720 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Plutarch : Demosthenes and Cicero
Contained works:
  • Plutarch. Demosthenes. English (Lintott)
  • Plutarch. Cicero. English (Lintott)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PA4369.D513 L56 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Chronology : Demosthenes -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Chronology : Cicero -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Cicero -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Cicero.
Summary: Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the background and context of the lives of Demosthenes and Cicero, essential information about the author and the periods in which these two orators lived, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities, as well as the English translation of both works.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.

Introduction -- Chronology : Demosthenes -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Chronology : Cicero -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Cicero -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Cicero.

Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the background and context of the lives of Demosthenes and Cicero, essential information about the author and the periods in which these two orators lived, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities, as well as the English translation of both works.

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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