Lysias |
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| Author:
| Lysias, |
| Translator:
| Lamb, W.R.M. |
| Series title: | Loeb Classical Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-99269-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1930 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $51.95 |
Book Description:
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Lysias took the side of democracy against the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BC. Of a much larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan who was also a gentle, humorous man.
Lysias took the side of democracy against the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BC. Of a much larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan who was also a gentle, humorous man.