Greek Orators VI: Apollodorus Against Nearia: [Demosthenes] 59 [Paperback]

Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies enjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best of them have great vitality.Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies enjoyed an honoured literary status, and rightly so, for the best of them have great vitality.Preface

INTRODUCTION
I: Dramatis personae
II: Date
III: The law
IV: The hidden agenda
V: Apollodoro' case
VI: The speech
VII: Women in Athens
VIII: Authorship and style
IX: The documents
X: The text

TEXT AND TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY