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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface and Acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Contributors xi
- Introduction 1
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Part I Keeping to the Point in Major Public Procedures
- 1 The Rhetoric of the Graphe Paranomon in the Trial on the Crown 27
- 2 Law, Office and Honour: Legal Relevance and Forensic Arguments in Demosthenes’ Against Androtion 54
- 3 Gossip, Morals and Poetry: Legal Relevance in Aeschines’ Against Timarchus 80
- 4 How Does Lycurgus Keep to His Point? Legal and Rhetorical Relevance in Against Leocrates 101
- 5 Institutions, Character and Relevance: Keeping to the Point in Dokimasiai 120
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Part II Keeping to the Point on Hybris, Violence and Disenfranchisement
- 6 The Legal Charge in Demosthenes’ Against Meidias 149
- 7 Did Ariston Keep to the Point? Dike Aikeias and Graphe Hybreos' in Demosthenes’ Against Conon 171
- 8 Trial and Error: Impiety and Legal Relevance in Andocides’ On the Mysteries 184
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Part III Keeping to the Point on Inheritance and Damages
- 9 Character Evidence in Isaeus’ Speeches from Inheritance Disputes 209
- 10 Against Timotheus: Keeping to the Point in a Suit for Damage 232
- Conclusion: Some Rules of Thumb in the Study of Athenian Forensic Oratory 252
- Bibliography 259
- General Index 281
- Index Locorum 285
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface and Acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Contributors xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Keeping to the Point in Major Public Procedures
- 1 The Rhetoric of the Graphe Paranomon in the Trial on the Crown 27
- 2 Law, Office and Honour: Legal Relevance and Forensic Arguments in Demosthenes’ Against Androtion 54
- 3 Gossip, Morals and Poetry: Legal Relevance in Aeschines’ Against Timarchus 80
- 4 How Does Lycurgus Keep to His Point? Legal and Rhetorical Relevance in Against Leocrates 101
- 5 Institutions, Character and Relevance: Keeping to the Point in Dokimasiai 120
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Part II Keeping to the Point on Hybris, Violence and Disenfranchisement
- 6 The Legal Charge in Demosthenes’ Against Meidias 149
- 7 Did Ariston Keep to the Point? Dike Aikeias and Graphe Hybreos' in Demosthenes’ Against Conon 171
- 8 Trial and Error: Impiety and Legal Relevance in Andocides’ On the Mysteries 184
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Part III Keeping to the Point on Inheritance and Damages
- 9 Character Evidence in Isaeus’ Speeches from Inheritance Disputes 209
- 10 Against Timotheus: Keeping to the Point in a Suit for Damage 232
- Conclusion: Some Rules of Thumb in the Study of Athenian Forensic Oratory 252
- Bibliography 259
- General Index 281
- Index Locorum 285