Demosthenes (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Demosthenes

The familiar names of Demosthenes and Cicero always be linked together. They are specially repre sentative names. The eloquence Of the ancient world seems to be summed up in them. There is a further reason why we Should think of them together. Both attached themselves to a falling cause; both had to go into exile both had the satisfaction Of being welcomed back from exile; both, finally, when all was lost, were willing to die rather than survive their country's dis grace. There is, indeed, a striking resemblance between the lives and fortunes of the two men, and none Of' Plutarch's parallels is more appropriate than that in which he has compared them.

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For the extracts from the speeches of Demosthenes given in this volume I am to a considerable extent indebted to the scholarly version of the late Mr C. R. Kennedy. For the famous speech on the Crown, I have made occasional use of a translation recently published by an eminent English lawyer, the Eight Hon. Sir Robert Collier. The same speech was, some years ago, translated by Mr William Brandt, a scholar of Oriel College, Oxford, whose premature death cut short a life of great promise. His rendering of the Greek orator is spirited and vigorous, and I wish to express my obligations to it.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.