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This is the fourth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece series. Planned for publication over several years, the series will present all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains works from the early, middle, and late career of the Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338). Among the translated works are his legal speeches, pedagogical essays, and his lengthy autobiographical defense, Antidosis. In them, he seeks to distinguish himself and his work, which he characterizes as "philosophy," from that of the sophists and other intellectuals such as Plato. Isocrates' identity as a teacher was an important mode of political activity, through which he sought to instruct his students, foreign rulers, and his fellow Athenians. He was a controversial figure who championed a role for the written word in fourth-century politics and thought.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Isocrates --- Isokrat --- Isokratēs --- Isocrate --- Yi-suo-ke-la-di --- Izokrates --- Ἰσοκράτης

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This is the seventh volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. The Athenian rhetorician Isocrates (436-338) was one of the leading intellectual figures of the fourth century. This volume contains his orations 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14, as well as all of his letters. These are Isocrates' political works. Three of the discourses—Panathenaicus, On the Peace, and the most famous, Panegyricus—focus on Athens, Isocrates' home. Archidamus is written in the voice of the Spartan prince to his assembly, and Plataicus is in the voice of a citizen of Plataea asking Athens for aid, while in To Philip, Isocrates himself calls on Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greece against Persia.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Isocrates --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government --- Isokrat --- Isokratēs --- Isocrate --- Yi-suo-ke-la-di --- Izokrates --- Ἰσοκράτης

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History of philosophy --- Isocrates --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Hochschulschrift. --- Isocrates: Busiris. --- Isocrates: Helena. --- Isocrates: In sophistas. --- Isocrates: Panegyricus. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Isokrat --- Isokratēs --- Isocrate --- Yi-suo-ke-la-di --- Izokrates --- Ἰσοκράτης

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Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- History and criticism. --- Isocrates. --- Isocrates --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government. --- History and criticism --- Isokrat --- Isokratēs --- Isocrate --- Yi-suo-ke-la-di --- Izokrates --- Ἰσοκράτης

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The Athenian Isokrates (436-338 BC) is well-known for his long career as an educator and pundit; but originally he wrote 'forensic' speeches, i.e. for delivery in court. Six of them survive (five from Athens, one from Aigina), on issues including assault, fraud and inheritance. Here for the first time, after a General Introduction, they are presented and analysed in depth as a self-contained group. The Greek text and a facing English translation - both new - are augmented by commentaries which juxtapose this material with other surviving writers in the genre (and with Isocrates' own later output). In the process, too, the speeches' historical background, personnel, legal context, rhetorical strategies and all other relevant topics are explored.

Forensic orations --- Isocrates --- Political and social views. --- Oral pleading --- Speeches, addresses, etc. --- Trial practice --- Forensic oratory --- Arguments, Legal --- Legal arguments --- Isokrat --- Isokratēs --- Isocrate --- Yi-suo-ke-la-di --- Izokrates --- Ἰσοκράτης