The Speeches of Isaeus: With Critical and Explanatory Notes

by Isaeus

Very little is known about the life of the Attic orator Isaeus, who was active during the first half of the fourth century BCE, and many of his speeches have been lost to posterity. Published in 1904, these surviving speeches, presented in the original Greek with extensive commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860-1929), are mostly concerned with the convoluted intrigue of inheritance disputes. Wyse regarded Isaeus as 'an unscrupulous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108059368
• ISBN13: 9781108059367
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"