Demosthenes was punched in the face by Meidias in the theatre at Athens in 348 BC. His prosecution speech for this offence is one of the most intriguing texts in Greek literature. Besides telling the story of his long feud with Meidias, it gives much valuable information about Athenian law and festivals, and about the concept of insolent behaviour which the Greeks called "hybris". It is also an outstanding example of Greek prose writing. The text of this edition is based on a number of manuscripts and is supplemented with a double apparatus criticus giving testimonia and variant readings. The book also includes a complete translation of the speech with detailed commentary, and a full introduction to historical, legal, literary and textual matters.
- ISBN10 0198147635
- ISBN13 9780198147633
- Publish Date November 1989 (first published December 1903)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 February 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 456
- Language gre