Background
Worthington, Ian was born on March 19, 1958 in Lytham, England. Arrived in Australia.
(Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness ...)
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. The history of the period of discussed in detail, as is the rhetorical style of the two orators. Amongst other distinctions this text provides the first commentary in English on Hyperides' two speeches. A Greek text of Dinarchus' and Hyperides' fragmented speeches is provided along with an English translation. The commentary is essentially historical, but some literary and philological points are also discussed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0856683078/?tag=2022091-20
(The first comprehensive examination of the orator perhaps...)
The first comprehensive examination of the orator perhaps most famous for his prosecution of Demosthenes in the Harpalus corruption affair.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0472064878/?tag=2022091-20
(Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness ...)
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. The history of the period of discussed in detail, as is the rhetorical style of the two orators. Amongst other distinctions this text provides the first commentary in English on Hyperides' two speeches. A Greek text of Dinarchus' and Hyperides' fragmented speeches is provided along with an English translation. The commentary is essentially historical, but some literary and philological points are also discussed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/085668306X/?tag=2022091-20
Worthington, Ian was born on March 19, 1958 in Lytham, England. Arrived in Australia.
Bachelor, University Hull, 1979. Master of Arts, University Durham, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, 1987.
Lecturer, U. New England, Australia, 1988-1992; senior lecturer, U. Tasmania, Australia, since 1993.
(The first comprehensive examination of the orator perhaps...)
(Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness ...)
(Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness ...)