Greek Orators II: Dinarchus and Hyperides

by Ian Worthington

Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness only to Demosthenes amongst the Ten Attic Orators. His execution in 322 BC for opposition to Macedonian rule left Dinarchus as the last of the Ten to survive. This book critically evaluates the speeches of both orators against Demosthenes and discusses Hyperides' funeral oration as an important historical source for understanding Athens in the last years of the reign of Alexander the Great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085668306X
• ISBN13: 9780856683060
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"