War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes' Athens

by Peter Hunt

Book Overview

Every Athenian alliance, every declaration of war, and every peace treaty was instituted by a decision of the assembly, where citizens voted after listening to speeches that presented varied and often opposing arguments about the best course of action. The fifteen preserved assembly speeches of the mid-fourth century BC thus provide an unparalleled body of evidence for the way that Athenians thought and felt about interstate relations: to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009159437
• ISBN13: 9781009159432
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"