Chapter Forms of government and rhetoric: perceptions of democracy and oligarchy in Demosthenes
Demosthenes is recognized as a defender of Athenian democracy and freedom, particularly in voicing his concern about the growth of Macedonian power. While the defence of democracy is a recurring theme in his speeches, Demosthenes did not develop a theory of democracy. Rather, he tended to idealize t...
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| description | Demosthenes is recognized as a defender of Athenian democracy and freedom, particularly in voicing his concern about the growth of Macedonian power. While the defence of democracy is a recurring theme in his speeches, Demosthenes did not develop a theory of democracy. Rather, he tended to idealize the Athenian democratic experience. Further, in his defence of democracy and the ethos of the democratic citizen, Demosthenes references oligarchy, though again not from a theoretical perspective. The objective of this paper is to analyse Demosthenes’s use of the democratic and oligarchical forms of government in his defence of Athens, with a focus on his construction of an antithesis between them and his deployment of the Athenian experiences with oligarchy in 411 and 404 BC in his oratory. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-956142025-08-13T13:42:16Z Chapter Forms of government and rhetoric: perceptions of democracy and oligarchy in Demosthenes Gontijo Leite, Priscilla rhetoric Demosthenes democracy oligarchy thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies Demosthenes is recognized as a defender of Athenian democracy and freedom, particularly in voicing his concern about the growth of Macedonian power. While the defence of democracy is a recurring theme in his speeches, Demosthenes did not develop a theory of democracy. Rather, he tended to idealize the Athenian democratic experience. Further, in his defence of democracy and the ethos of the democratic citizen, Demosthenes references oligarchy, though again not from a theoretical perspective. The objective of this paper is to analyse Demosthenes’s use of the democratic and oligarchical forms of government in his defence of Athens, with a focus on his construction of an antithesis between them and his deployment of the Athenian experiences with oligarchy in 411 and 404 BC in his oratory. 2022-12-23T04:05:51Z 2022-12-23T04:05:51Z 2022-12-22T16:05:52Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20221222_9788855186124_29 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60367 9788855186124 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95614 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60367/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-612-4_08.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60367/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-612-4_08.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-612-4.08 10.36253/978-88-5518-612-4.08 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186124 21 Florence open access |
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