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Gutes, stabiles Exemplar; Einband berieben; Seiten stw. leicht fleckig; Schmutztitel mit kl. hs. Besitzvermerk. - Englisch. - Demosthenes (* 384 v. Chr.; � 322 v. Chr. in Kalaureia) war einer der bedeutendsten griechischen Redner (Rhetoren). Nach dem Philokratesfrieden des Jahres 346 v. Chr. stieg er zum f�hrenden Staatsmann Athens auf. Diese Position konnte er bis zur Harpalosaff� 324 v. Chr. behaupten. . (wiki) // INHALT : PREFACE. ----- The First Oration of Demosthenes against Philip. ----- The First Olynthiac Oration. ----- The Second Olynthiac Oration. ----- The Third Olynthiac Oration. ----- The Oration on the Peace. ----- The Seventh Oration against Philip, commonly called the Second. ----- The Oration on the State of the Chersonesus. ----- The Tenth Oration against Philip, commonly called the Third. ----- The Eleventh Oration against Philip, commonly called the Fourth. ----- Philip's Letter to the Athenians. ----- The Twelfth Oration against Philip, commonly called the Oration on the Letter. ----- Conclusion. ----- Preface to the Orations of Demosthenes on Occasions of Public Deliberation. ----- The Oration on the Classes. ----- The Oration for the Megalopolitans. ----- The Oration for the Liberty of the Rhodians. ----- The Oration on the Regulation of the State. ----- The Oration on the Halonesus. ----- The Oration on the Treaty with Alexander. ----- The Oration of Dinarchus against Demosthenes. ----- Account of the Exile and Death of Demosthenes. ----- The Oration of Aeschines on the Crown. ----- The Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown. // Thomas Leland (1722�1785) was an Irish Anglican priest, a historian, translator and academic and the author of the early gothic novel Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance, published in 1762. Longsword is set in Gascony and in England, during the reign of Henry III of England. . (wiki; engl.)