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by: Lysias  EAN: 9780806109251 ISBN: 0806109254 Label: University of Oklahoma Press Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: August 02, 1970 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Studio: University of Oklahoma Press Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating: - a fine introduction to LysiasThis volume contains eight of Lysias's most famous orations, in their original ancient Greek, without translation into English. It begins with Lysias's denunciation of Eratosthenes, one of the thirty tyrants who briefly ruled Athens in 404-403 BC, and concludes with Lysias's speech on the Athenian Constitution, in which he opposed restricting the vote to owners of real estate. Charles Darwin Adams, the editor of this volume and professor of Greek at Dartmouth, provides a thorough introduction, as ... Read More 
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