Jeremy Trevett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremy Trevett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremy |
| FAMILY NAME | Trevett |
| SIGNATURE | TREVETT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Selymbria Affair of 340 B.C
Historians are wrong to accept the claims of ancient commentators that Philip of Macedon besieged Selymbria in 340 b.c. and wrote a letter to the Athenians complaining about their support for that city. This material derives from the forged documents in Demosthenes' speech On the Crown and is worthless as historical evidence. Abstract: Les historiens ont tort d'accepter les allégations des commentateurs antiques selon lesquelles Philippe de Macéd…
Authenticity, Composition, Publication
Chapter 32 focuses on the authenticity, composition, and publication of Demosthenes’ speeches. In discussing authenticity, three alternatives need to be taken into consideration. A speech could be either a genuine work of Demosthenes, a real speech from fourth-century Athens wrongly attributed to Demosthenes, or a later composition. Most, if not all, of the speeches fall into the first two categories, while the last is possibly but not necessaril…
Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens by David M. Pritchard
424 PHOENIX Ober’s hypothesis represents an up-to-date, intriguing, and worthy addition to the long tradition among scholars of attempting to explain the glory that was Greece. While I have my doubts about aspects of the case he makes, and would place more explanatory weight on factors of geography and historical circumstance beyond the control of any of the Greek city-states, I admire the breadth, ambition, and resourcefulness Ober brings to the…
Polis and Revolution
204 PHOENIX different manifestations of popular culture(s) is highly desirable. Ancient popular culture is unlikely to have been monolithic, nor indeed unchanging. The book is written to appeal to a general readership and, for the most part, Forsdyke does this very successfully. Where it is less successful is in the use of images: this is a well-illustrated book, but these are mostly decorative rather than an integral part of the argument, which …
Demosthenes, Speeches 1–17
Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17
Series Editor's Preface (Michael Gagarin) * Translator's Preface (Jeremy Trevett) * Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin) * Oratory in Classical Athens * The Orators * The Works of the Orators * Government and Law in Classical Athens * The Translation of Greek Oratory * Abbreviations * Note on Currency * Bibliography of Works Cited * Introduction to Demosthenes (Michael Gagarin) * Life * Works * Style * Significance * Introduction to This Volume …
Demosthenes the Orator by D. M. MacDowell
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTESRENDUS 399 frise supérieure, Daumaslà encore, après avoir montré cequ'ilya d'insatisfaisant dans lesinterprétations données jusquelà,expose (p. 60-66)qu'ils'agit encore deTélèphe, consultant Apollon Lycien à Patara. La description etl'interprétation desdécors annexes (p.67-87), animaliers etvégétaux, permet aussià Daumasd'affirmer qu'onestenprésence d'unart grec, adapté aupublic scythe. L'analyse destrois fourreaux d'épée (p.8…
Litigation and Cooperation
Coinage And Democracy At Athens
relationship between coinage and democracy in late archaic and classical Athens. Tht’ subject is a large one,andthe treatment ofitwill inevitably be somewhat impressionistic. My argument is that Athenian coinage cannot be considered apart from the political circum stances that produced it-coinage is after all nothing if not a political phenomenon I and that certain t’eatures of Athens’ coins can best be understood in the light of Athens’ democrat…
Was there a decree of Syrakosios
A much-discussed fragment of Phrynichos’ comedy Monotropos , together with the comments of the scholiast on Aristophanes who preserves it, have often been taken to indicate that at some point before the production of the play, in spring 414 B.C., the Athenian politician Syrakosios moved a decree that restricted the right of comic playwrights to satirize individual Athenians. The relevant passage (schol. ad Arist. Aves 1297 = Phrynichos F 27 K–A) …
Slaves, Warfare, and Ideology in the Greek Historians
1. Background: warfare, slavery, and ideology 2. Herodotus: the Persian Wars 3. Herodotus: freedom or slavery 4. Thucydides: Helots and Messenians 5. Thucydides: manning the navies 6. Thucydides: encouraging slave desertion 7. Thucydides: the ideology of citizen unity 8. Xenophon: ideal rulers, ideal slaves 9. Xenophon: warfare and revolution 10. Xenophon: the decline of hoplite ideology 11. Conclusion: Volones, Mamluks, and Confederates
Aristotle's Knowledge of Athenian oratory
In the Rhetoric Aristotle frequently illustrates the points he is making with examples drawn both from oratory and from other literary genres. Although some of these citations have been used to date the work, they have never been systematically examined. It is the contention of this article that, when Aristotle gives examples from speeches, he quotes exclusively from epideictic works, and that this fact tells us much both about the circulation of…
Apollodoros the Son of Pasion
This is a study of an influential fourth-century BC Athenian politician, Apollodoros the son of Pasion. It provides the first full-length treatment of his career and of the seven lawcourt speeches which he delivered, and which have come down to us attributed-wrongly—to the famous orator Demosthenes. These speeches, which are our main source of information about Apollodoros, not only tell us about his political career but also illuminate Athenian …
The Date of [Demosthenes] 49
WITH OCCASIONAL EXCEPTIONS, scholars who have concerned themselves with the date of the pseudo-Demosthenic speech Against Timotheos ([Dem.] 49) have accepted the view of Arnold Schiifer that it was delivered during the summer of 362.1 Recently, however, E. M. Harris has sought to show that the speech was delivered considerably earlier, at some point at the beginning of the 360s.2 Potentially significant as this radical redating is for our underst…
History in [Demosthenes] 59
It is well known that Athenian orators, when they made reference to the historical past, usually eschewed prolonged narrative in favour of brief allusions to familiar episodes from Athenian history. Perhaps the most striking exception to this custom is the long and detailed account of fifth-century Plataean history in the pseudo-Demosthenic speech Against Neaera (Dem. 59.94–103). The main interest of this passage, however, lies not in its diverge…
History in [Demosthenes] 59
It is well known that Athenian orators, when they made reference to the historical past, usually eschewed prolonged narrative in favour of brief allusions to familiar episodes from Athenian history. Perhaps the most striking exception to this custom is the long and detailed account of fifth-century Plataean history in the pseudo-Demosthenic speech Against Neaera (Dem. 59.94–103). The main interest of this passage, however, lies not in its diverge…
Apollodoros the Son of Pasion
This is a study of an influential fourth-century BC Athenian politician, Apollodoros the son of Pasion. It provides the first full-length treatment of his career and of the seven lawcourt speeches which he delivered, and which have come down to us attributed-wrongly—to the famous orator Demosthenes. These speeches, which are our main source of information about Apollodoros, not only tell us about his political career but also illuminate Athenian …
Authenticity, Composition, Publication
Chapter 32 focuses on the authenticity, composition, and publication of Demosthenes’ speeches. In discussing authenticity, three alternatives need to be taken into consideration. A speech could be either a genuine work of Demosthenes, a real speech from fourth-century Athens wrongly attributed to Demosthenes, or a later composition. Most, if not all, of the speeches fall into the first two categories, while the last is possibly but not necessaril…
History in [Demosthenes] 59
It is well known that Athenian orators, when they made reference to the historical past, usually eschewed prolonged narrative in favour of brief allusions to familiar episodes from Athenian history. Perhaps the most striking exception to this custom is the long and detailed account of fifth-century Plataean history in the pseudo-Demosthenic speech Against Neaera (Dem. 59.94–103). The main interest of this passage, however, lies not in its diverge…
The Date of [Demosthenes] 49
WITH OCCASIONAL EXCEPTIONS, scholars who have concerned themselves with the date of the pseudo-Demosthenic speech Against Timotheos ([Dem.] 49) have accepted the view of Arnold Schiifer that it was delivered during the summer of 362.1 Recently, however, E. M. Harris has sought to show that the speech was delivered considerably earlier, at some point at the beginning of the 360s.2 Potentially significant as this radical redating is for our underst…
Apollodoros the Son of Pasion
This is a study of an influential fourth-century BC Athenian politician, Apollodoros the son of Pasion. It provides the first full-length treatment of his career and of the seven lawcourt speeches which he delivered, and which have come down to us attributed-wrongly—to the famous orator Demosthenes. These speeches, which are our main source of information about Apollodoros, not only tell us about his political career but also illuminate Athenian …
Aristotle's Knowledge of Athenian oratory
In the Rhetoric Aristotle frequently illustrates the points he is making with examples drawn both from oratory and from other literary genres. Although some of these citations have been used to date the work, they have never been systematically examined. It is the contention of this article that, when Aristotle gives examples from speeches, he quotes exclusively from epideictic works, and that this fact tells us much both about the circulation of…
Slaves, Warfare, and Ideology in the Greek Historians
1. Background: warfare, slavery, and ideology 2. Herodotus: the Persian Wars 3. Herodotus: freedom or slavery 4. Thucydides: Helots and Messenians 5. Thucydides: manning the navies 6. Thucydides: encouraging slave desertion 7. Thucydides: the ideology of citizen unity 8. Xenophon: ideal rulers, ideal slaves 9. Xenophon: warfare and revolution 10. Xenophon: the decline of hoplite ideology 11. Conclusion: Volones, Mamluks, and Confederates
Was there a decree of Syrakosios
A much-discussed fragment of Phrynichos’ comedy Monotropos , together with the comments of the scholiast on Aristophanes who preserves it, have often been taken to indicate that at some point before the production of the play, in spring 414 B.C., the Athenian politician Syrakosios moved a decree that restricted the right of comic playwrights to satirize individual Athenians. The relevant passage (schol. ad Arist. Aves 1297 = Phrynichos F 27 K–A) …
Coinage And Democracy At Athens
relationship between coinage and democracy in late archaic and classical Athens. Tht’ subject is a large one,andthe treatment ofitwill inevitably be somewhat impressionistic. My argument is that Athenian coinage cannot be considered apart from the political circum stances that produced it-coinage is after all nothing if not a political phenomenon I and that certain t’eatures of Athens’ coins can best be understood in the light of Athens’ democrat…
Litigation and Cooperation
Demosthenes, Speeches 1–17
Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17
Series Editor's Preface (Michael Gagarin) * Translator's Preface (Jeremy Trevett) * Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin) * Oratory in Classical Athens * The Orators * The Works of the Orators * Government and Law in Classical Athens * The Translation of Greek Oratory * Abbreviations * Note on Currency * Bibliography of Works Cited * Introduction to Demosthenes (Michael Gagarin) * Life * Works * Style * Significance * Introduction to This Volume …
Demosthenes the Orator by D. M. MacDowell
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTESRENDUS 399 frise supérieure, Daumaslà encore, après avoir montré cequ'ilya d'insatisfaisant dans lesinterprétations données jusquelà,expose (p. 60-66)qu'ils'agit encore deTélèphe, consultant Apollon Lycien à Patara. La description etl'interprétation desdécors annexes (p.67-87), animaliers etvégétaux, permet aussià Daumasd'affirmer qu'onestenprésence d'unart grec, adapté aupublic scythe. L'analyse destrois fourreaux d'épée (p.8…
Polis and Revolution
204 PHOENIX different manifestations of popular culture(s) is highly desirable. Ancient popular culture is unlikely to have been monolithic, nor indeed unchanging. The book is written to appeal to a general readership and, for the most part, Forsdyke does this very successfully. Where it is less successful is in the use of images: this is a well-illustrated book, but these are mostly decorative rather than an integral part of the argument, which …
Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens by David M. Pritchard
424 PHOENIX Ober’s hypothesis represents an up-to-date, intriguing, and worthy addition to the long tradition among scholars of attempting to explain the glory that was Greece. While I have my doubts about aspects of the case he makes, and would place more explanatory weight on factors of geography and historical circumstance beyond the control of any of the Greek city-states, I admire the breadth, ambition, and resourcefulness Ober brings to the…
Authenticity, Composition, Publication
Chapter 32 focuses on the authenticity, composition, and publication of Demosthenes’ speeches. In discussing authenticity, three alternatives need to be taken into consideration. A speech could be either a genuine work of Demosthenes, a real speech from fourth-century Athens wrongly attributed to Demosthenes, or a later composition. Most, if not all, of the speeches fall into the first two categories, while the last is possibly but not necessaril…
The Selymbria Affair of 340 B.C
Historians are wrong to accept the claims of ancient commentators that Philip of Macedon besieged Selymbria in 340 b.c. and wrote a letter to the Athenians complaining about their support for that city. This material derives from the forged documents in Demosthenes' speech On the Crown and is worthless as historical evidence. Abstract: Les historiens ont tort d'accepter les allégations des commentateurs antiques selon lesquelles Philippe de Macéd…
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