Dinarchus, Hyperides, and Lycurgus

255 Pages·2001·2.489 MB·English

by  Worthington, Ian(Translator);Cooper, Craig R(Translator);Harris, Edward M(Translator)

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DINARCHUS, HYPERIDES, AND LYCURGUS
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THE ORATORY OF CLASSICAL GREECE
TranslatedwithNotes (cid:1) MichaelGagarin,SeriesEditor
volume 5
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D I N A RC H U S,
H Y P E R I D E S, A N D
LY C U RG U S
Translated by Ian Worthington,
Craig R. Cooper, & Edward M. Harris
university of texas press, austin
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1.Speeches,addresses,etc.,Greek—Translations
intoEnglish. 2.Dinarchus—Translationsinto
English. 3.Hyperides—TranslationsintoEnglish.
4.Lycurgus—TranslationsintoEnglish. I.Worth-
ington,Ian. II.Cooper,CraigR.(CraigRichard),
1960– III.Harris,EdwardMonroe. IV.Title.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
SeriesIntroduction ix
OratoryinClassicalAthens ix
TheOrators xii
TheWorksoftheOrators xv
GovernmentandLawinClassicalAthens xvii
TheTranslationofGreekOratory xxiv
Abbreviations xxv
NoteonCurrency xxv
BibliographyofWorksCited xxvi
SupplementaryBibliographyforVolume5 xxvii
DINARCHUS(IanWorthington) 1
IntroductiontoDinarchus 3
Bibliography 10
1.AgainstDemosthenes 11
2.AgainstAristogeiton 45
3.AgainstPhilocles 53
HYPERIDES(CraigR.Cooper) 59
IntroductiontoHyperides 61
1.InDefenseofLycophron 69
2.AgainstPhilippides 80
3.AgainstAthenogenes 87
4.OnBehalfofEuxenippus 102
5.AgainstDemosthenes 115
6.TheFuneralOration 128
Fragments 137
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LYCURGUS(EdwardM.Harris) 153
IntroductiontoLycurgus 155
1.AgainstLeocrates 159
Fragments 204
Index 219
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ThisisthefifthvolumeinaseriesoftranslationsofTheOratoryof
Classical Greece. The aim of the series is to make availableprimarily
for those who do not read Greek up-to-date, accurate, and readable
translationswithintroductionsandexplanatorynotesofallthesurviv-
ing works and major fragments of the Attic orators of the classical
bc
period (ca. 420–320 ): Aeschines, Andocides, Antiphon, Demos-
thenes,Dinarchus,Hyperides,Isaeus,Isocrates,Lycurgus,andLysias.
Thisvolumeisdevotedtoatriooforators,Dinarchus,Hyperides,and
Lycurgus, who together represent a good range of the materialfrom
thelastdecadesofourperiod.
Onbehalfofallthetranslators,IwouldliketothankAlanBoege-
hold,whoreadthevolumeforthePressandmademanyhelpfulcom-
mentsandsuggestions.Letmealsoacknowledgeonceagainthehelp
and support of the University of Texas Press, especially Director
Joanna Hitchcock, Humanities Editor Jim Burr, Managing Editor
CarolynWylie,andCopyeditorNancyMoore.
—M.G.
Forthis,myswansongonDinarchusIwouldthink,IthankMichael
Gagarin for his comments and eye for detail and also mywifeTracy
forhercontinuedsupport.
—I.W.
Iwouldliketoextendmythankstomycolleaguesandfriendsinthe
Department of Classics at the UniversityofWinnipegfortheircon-
tinued support and especially to Michael Gagarin for the manysug-
gestionshemadetoimprovethistranslation.
—C.R.C.
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IwouldliketothankmyfriendFrederickNaidenforreadingoverthe
entiretranslationwithasharpeyeandsavingmefromseveralmistakes
andMichaelGagarinforhiscarefulattentiontoeachandeveryword
of the translation. In a day when philological expertise is rare, he
maintainedthehigheststandardsofourprofession.
—E.M.H.
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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
Athenian leaders of the sixth and fifth centuries,1 such as Solon,
Themistocles,andPericles,wereallaccomplishedorators.MostGreek
literary genres—notably epic, tragedy, and history—underscorethe
importance of oratory by their inclusion of set speeches.Theformal
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.2Thesetwoare
1All dates in this volume are bc unless the contrary is either indicated or
obvious.
2SeeKennedy1963:26–51.Cole1991haschallengedthistraditionalpicture,
arguingthattheterm‘‘rhetoric’’wascoinedbyPlatotodesignateanddenigrate
anactivityhestronglyopposed.Cole’sownreconstructionisnotwithoutprob-