Antiphon and Andocides

203 Pages·1.287 MB·English

ANTIPHON & ANDOCIDES
THE ORATORY OF CLASSICAL GREECE
TranslatedwithNotes u MichaelGagarin,SeriesEditor
volume i
ANTIPHON & ANDOCIDES
Translated by Michael Gagarin & DouglasM.MacDowell
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Antiphon, ca. 480–411 b.c.
Antiphon and Andocides / translated by Michael
Gagarin and Douglas M. MacDowell.—1st ed.
p. cm. — (The oratory of classical
Greece ; v. 1)
English translations of classical Greek orations of
Antiphon and Andocides.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 13: 978-0-292-72808-0 (alk. paper). —
isbn 10: 0-292-72808-5
isbn 13: 978-0-292-72809-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
isbn 10: 0-292-72809-3
1. Antiphon, ca. 480–411 b.c.—Translations into
English. 2. Andocides, ca. 440–390 b.c.—Translations
into English. 3. Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek—
Translations into English. 4. Oratory, Ancient.
I. Andocides, ca. 440–ca. 390 b.c. II. Gagarin,
Michael. III. MacDowell, Douglas M. (Douglas
Maurice) IV. Title. V. Series.
pa3869.a3 1998
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
SeriesIntroduction(MichaelGagarin) ix
OratoryinClassicalAthens ix
TheOrators xii
TheWorksoftheOrators xv
GovernmentandLawinClassicalAthens xvii
TheTranslationofGreekOratory xxiv
Abbreviations xxv
NoteonCurrency xxv
BibliographyofWorksCited xxvi
ANTIPHON (MichaelGagarin) 1
Introduction 3
1.AgainsttheStepmother 9
TheTetralogies 17
2.FirstTetralogy 19
3.SecondTetralogy 30
4.ThirdTetralogy 40
5.OntheMurderofHerodes 48
6.OntheChorusBoy 73
Fragment1.OntheRevolution 90
ANDOCIDES (DouglasM.MacDowell) 93
Introduction 95
1.OntheMysteries 99
2.OnHisReturn 141
3.OnthePeacewithSparta 148
4.AgainstAlcibiades 159
Index 171
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PREFACE
ThisisthefirstvolumeinaseriesoftranslationsofTheOratoryof
Classical Greece. The aim of the series is to make available primarily
for those who do not read Greek up-to-date, accurate, and readable
translations with introductions and explanatory notes of all the sur-
vivingworksandmajorfragmentsoftheAtticoratorsoftheclassical
bc
period (ca. 420–320 ): Aeschines, Andocides, Antiphon, Demos-
thenes,Dinarchus,Hyperides,Isaeus,Isocrates,Lycurgus,andLysias.
Iamgratefulforthesupportthisserieshasreceivedfrommyfellow
translators,fromcolleaguesinthefield,andfromeveryoneattheUni-
versityofTexasPress.DirectorJoannaHitchcockencouragedtheproj-
ect from the beginning, when it was only a vague idea; Humanities
Editor AliHossainiandhissuccessor,JimBurr,havebeenverysup-
portiveandhelpfulwithnumerousaspectsoftheproject;andthestaff,
including Carolyn Wylie and copyeditor Nancy Moore, have been
constructivelyhelpful.
Publication of this first volume has been assisted by a subvention
grant from the University Cooperative Society,awardedbytheUni-
versityofTexas atAustin.TheCoopisto be commendedforitsco-
operationwithandsupportoftheUniversityofTexasfaculty.
—m. g.
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SERIES INTRODUCTION
GreekOratory
By MichaelGagarin
oratory in classical athens
From as early as Homer (and undoubtedly much earlier) the
Greeksplacedahighvalueoneffectivespeaking.EvenAchilles,whose
greatnesswasprimarilyestablishedonthebattlefield,wasbroughtup
to be ‘‘a speaker of words and a doer of deeds’’ (Iliad 9.443); and
Athenianleadersofthesixthandfifthcenturies,(cid:49)suchasSolon,The-
mistocles,andPericles,wereallaccomplishedorators.MostGreeklit-
erarygenres—notablyepic,tragedy,andhistory—underscoretheim-
portance of oratory by their inclusion of set speeches. The formal
pleadingsoftheenvoystoAchillesintheIliad,themessengerspeeches
in tragedy reporting events like the battle of Salamis in Aeschylus’
PersiansorthegruesomedeathofPentheusinEuripides’Bacchae,and
thepowerfulpoliticaloratoryofPericles’funeralorationinThucydi-
desarebutafewofthemostnotableexamplesoftheGreeks’never-
ending fascination with formal public speaking, which was to reach
itsheightinthepublicoratoryofthefourthcentury.
In early times, oratory was not a specialized subject of study but
waslearnedbypracticeandexample.Theformalstudyofrhetoricas
an‘‘art’’(techn¯e)began,wearetold,inthemiddleofthefifthcentury
inSicilywiththeworkofCoraxandhispupilTisias.(cid:50)Thesetwoare
(cid:49)All dates in this volume are bc unless the contrary is either indicated or
obvious.
(cid:50)SeeKennedy1963:26–51.Cole1991haschallengedthistraditionalpicture,
arguingthattheterm‘‘rhetoric’’wascoinedbyPlatotodesignateanddenigrate
anactivityhestronglyopposed.Cole’sownreconstructionisnotwithoutprob-