Dio Chrysostom Orations 7, 12 and 36 [Paperback]

This new edition presents three of Dio of Prusa's speeches, all of which are masterpieces of the genre.Dio of Prusa, known as Dio Chrysostom, was the foremost orator in the classical world in the first century AD. This new edition, with introduction and commentary, presents three of his speeches, all of which are masterpieces of the genre.Dio of Prusa, known as Dio Chrysostom, was the foremost orator in the classical world in the first century AD. This new edition, with introduction and commentary, presents three of his speeches, all of which are masterpieces of the genre.This is an edition of the Greek text with commentary of three speeches by Dio of Prusa (Dio Chrysostom) which are particulary important for the intellectual history of the Greco-Roman world. They are full of colorful narrative, myth and satire. While Euboicus (VII) is well known for its pastoral episodes of Dio's visit to the isolated community of hunters, Olympicus (XII) is an important document in the history of aesthetics, and Borystheniticus (XXXVI) gives a glimpse of a remote city in Southern Russia. These speeches have never been the subject of a commentary in English.Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Dio's world; 2. Dio's life; 3. Dio's works; 4. Euboicus; 5. Olympicus; 6. Borystheniticus; 7. Text; 8. Manuscripts and editions; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes. This richly, helpfully annotated text will introduce anyone with a year or two of Greek to philosophical theology from a formative period of Western thought! A. T. Kraabel, Religious Studies Review