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Hē epiklēros : symvolē eis tēn hermēneian tōn Attikōn rhētorōn, kai eis tēn meletēn tou idiōtikou viou tōn Athēnōn
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Year: 1972 Publisher: En Athēnais : [s.n.],

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A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios
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ISBN: 9789004258570 9789004260184 9004260188 9004258574 1299847617 Year: 2013 Volume: 364 Publisher: Leiden Boston

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In A Commentary on Selected Speeches of Isaios , Brenda Griffith-Williams offers a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work.

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