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Demosthenes and Cicero / Plutarch ; [translated with introduction and commentary by] Andrew Lintott.

Author/creator Plutarch author.
Other author/creatorLintott, A. W. (Andrew William) translator.
Included WorkPlutarch. Demosthenes. English. (Lintott)
Included WorkPlutarch. Cicero. English. (Lintott)
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxii, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Plutarch. Demosthenes.
Demosthenes.
Plutarch. Cicero.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Statesmen--Greece --Biography.
Orators--Greece --Biography.
Statesmen--Rome --Biography.
Orators--Rome --Biography.
Biography as a literary form.
Variant title Plutarch : Demosthenes and Cicero
Series Clarendon ancient history series
Clarendon ancient history series. ^A252743
Contents Introduction -- Chronology : Demosthenes -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes -- Chronology : Cicero -- Translation : Plutarch, Life of Cicero -- Commentary : Plutarch, Life of Cicero.
Summary Lintott provides a detailed introduction which discusses the background and context of the lives of Demosthenes and Cicero, essential information about the author and the periods in which these two orators lived, and the philosophy which underlies Plutarch's presentation of the two personalities, as well as the English translation of both works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Ancient Greek.
LCCN 2013363982
ISBN9780199699711 (hbk.)
ISBN0199699712 (hbk.)
ISBN9780199699728 (pbk.)
ISBN0199699720 (pbk.)

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