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BL
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712337
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b534526
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| Main Entry
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Sealey, Raphael.
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| Title & Author
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Demosthenes and his time : : a study in defeat /\ Raphael Sealey.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1993.
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x, 340 p. :: map ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0195079280 (acid-free paper)
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: 9780195079289 (acid-free paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Introduction: The Subject -- 1. The Crisis of 387/6 -- 2. The Athenians and Their Environment -- 3. Athens and the New League -- 4. Destabilization in the North -- 5. Before and After the Social War -- 6. War and Peace in the North -- 7. The Athenians Frustrated -- 8. The Athenians Defeated -- Appendix 1. The Transmission of the Demosthenic Corpus -- Appendix 2. Questions of Authenticity of Some Demosthenic Speeches -- Appendix 3. Autonomia -- Appendix 4. Dates in the Early Life of Demosthenes -- Appendix 5. Chronological Notes on the 360s -- Appendix 6. The Theoric Fund -- Appendix 7. Euboia 343-340 -- Appendix 8. The Chronology of the Scandal of Harpalos -- Appendix 9. The Athenian Calendars.
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| Abstract
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Taking a sympathetic view of the Second Athenian League, Sealey focuses on the career of Demosthenes to provide insights into Athenian politics and policies. Demosthenes experienced repeated setbacks in his early attempts at public activity, but found his mission as a statesman in the conflict with Macedon and subsequently became the leading man in Athens. Sealey rejects theories that assume programmatic divisions among Athenian statesmen into pro- and anti-Macedonians, and argues that all Athenians active in politics resented Macedonian ascendancy but recognized the necessity of accommodation to superior power. His account concludes with the defeat of Athens and its allies and the suicide of Demosthenes, presenting new insights not only into the life of Demosthenes and the turbulent years of his political career, but also the social and international factors bearing on Athenian political activity in general. --From publisher's description.
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Demosthenes.
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Athens (Greece), Politics and government.
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| Subject
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Greece, Politics and government, To 146 B.C.
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| Dewey Classification
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938/.5
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| LC Classification
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DF277.S315 1993
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