World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Antiquity

Authors: Various, William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey In Year : 1906

Book Language: English

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Preface
Introduction
Achilles’ Reply to the Envoys by Homer
Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War
Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War
Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself
Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans
Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily
Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans
Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition
Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders
Lysias - Against Eratosthenes
Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense
Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty
Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death
Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia
Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares
Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3
Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes

This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Francis Whiting Halsey. The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such famous persons as Achilles, Pericles, and Socrates, with their most famous (legendary or traditional) orations and speeches. - Summary by Carolin