Pub Date : 2018-11-22DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780198713852.013.38
Gunther Martín
Chapter 35 outlines the main stages and issues and introduces the main carriers of the transmission of the Corpus Demosthenicum. Demosthenes was a canonic writer from antiquity to the end of Byzantium. The wide reception of his works has led to the survival of a large number of copies, partly on ancient papyrus or parchment, partly on parchment or paper from the medieval period; moreover, quotations in other authors and paratexts offering snippets of text are plentiful. The heterogeneous process of transmission—starting with different editions in antiquity and later showing frequent contamination—thwarts any attempt at reconstructing a clear and simple stemma even of the main manuscripts.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-22DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780198713852.013.31
L. Canfora
Chapter 33 focuses on Demosthenes’ reception in antiquity and during the Byzantine Era. In particular, it examines the character and value of the 15 ‘demegoriai’ that survive from Demosthenes’ Assembly speeches, first by discussing the peculiarly Demosthenic phenomenon of a first version written already in a highly elaborated form. Demosthenes was perhaps influenced here by Isocrates’ important innovation, the written speech that presented itself as if it had been delivered; this practice is also documented in Demosthenes’ circle by the On Halonnesus of his associate Hegesippus. These innovative practices became the object of attention for the generation of critics immediately following Demosthenes. The article considers the reception of Demosthenes by looking at the works of Theopompus of Chios, Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Timaeus, Aesion, Hermippus, Demochares, Callimachus, Polybius, Cicero, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Didymus of Alexandria, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Aelius Aristides, Libanius, Zosimus, and Photius.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-22DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780198713852.013.17
Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner
Chapter 15 examines Demosthenes’ warnings of a Macedonian attack on Attica. Since the fifth century, Attica had figured prominently in the political imagery of classical Athens; the defence of the Attic homeland against foreign invaders was highlighted in this imagery and the narratives that articulated the political identity of the Athenians, their self-perception as group, and the collective values on which they built their community. The chapter argues that Demosthenes’ warnings of a Macedonian threat to Attica were informed by this tradition, and that he drew on this old and emotive imagery in order to turn the struggle against his enemies into a matter of Athenian identity. After providing an overview of Attica as depicted in the political imagery of classical Athens, the chapter considers the theme of Attica under attack in Demosthenes’ oratory against Philip II of Macedon.
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Pub Date : 2018-11-22DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198713852.013.22
W. Schmitz
Chapter 19 examines life in a rural community and neighbourhood in classical Athens. In 366 Demosthenes was entered by the persons acting as his guardians on the register of citizens of the deme of Paeania. The communities conducted their affairs independently and had their own administration. They were headed by a demarch who was initially elected for a year but later (in Demosthenes’ lifetime) was chosen by drawing lots. The rural communities were closely linked through parentage, neighbourhoods, cultic associations, and friendships formed in childhood. The article first provides a background on Demosthenes as a citizen of Paeania before discussing two of his legal speeches that illustrate the solidarity but also the litigious nature of life in a rural community, namely Against Callicles and Against Eubulides. It also considers how the rules and laws of Athenian democracy were applied to deal with intrigues and hostilities occurring in villages.
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