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Andokides, Douglas M. Macdowell

ANDOKIDES: ON THE MYSTERIES The Text Edited with Introduction, Commentary and Appendixes. Very Good with no dust jacket

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1969

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Year of publication
1969
Author
Andokides, Douglas M. Macdowell
Publishers
Oxford Clarendon Press
Keyword
Ancient History Peloponnesian War Greece Classics Classical, Greek & Roman Greek History Athenian Greek
Cover description
Very Good with no dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0198141548

Description

Minor Shelfwear. Clean text. ; Reprint of 1962 Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; More than any other work, the speech of Andokides, On the Mysteries, provides an intimate and vivid glimpse of Athenian political life during and directly after the Peloponnesian War. This new version of MacDowell's standard edition is intended for both undergraduates and scholars. It includes a full introduction surveying Andokides's life, trial, and literary style; a note on the basis of the text; and a detailed commentary and appendices that discuss Andokides' innocence or guilt, the chronology and political significance of events in 415 B. C. , the legal revision ordered by the decree of Teisamenos, the date of the trial and speech, and aspects of the historical and stylistic background relevant to the work.