Joseph Roisman

Texts From Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and The Suda Introduction and Commentary by Joseph Roisman & Ian Worthington. Translation by Robin Waterfield (Oxford University Press 2015). Assessing these works as important historical sources for the individual lives and careers of the orators whose works have survived, this systematic study explores how these literary biographies were constructed, the information they provide, and their veracity. In-depth commentary notes offer contextual information, explain references, and examine individual rhetorical phrases, and a glossary of technical terms provides a quick reference guide to the more obscure oratorial and political terms. The volume also includes a detailed introduction which discusses the evolution of Greek oratory and rhetoric; the so-called Canon of the Ten Orators; the authorship, dates and sources of the biographies provided by Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda; and a brief consideration of orators whose speeches were either falsely attributed to Demosthenes or may be referenced in ancient lives.

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