Bøger af Isaeus

Liber Isaei Orationes Cum Fragmentis A Dionysio Halicarnassensi Servatis anno MDCCCLXXXIII editus est. Isaeus, orator Graecus, in hoc libro orationes suas et fragmenta exponit. Dionysius Halicarnassensis, historicus Graecus, fragmenta haec servavit. Isaeus orationes de successionibus hereditariis et testamentis tractat. In his orationibus, Isaeus argumenta exponit et rationes adhibet. Haec orationes et fragmenta sunt exempla eloquentiae Graecae.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Isaeus (c. 420-350 BCE) composed speeches for others. He shares with Lysias pure Attic and lucidity of style, but his more aggressive and flexible presentation undoubtedly influenced Demosthenes. Of at least fifty attributed orations, there survive eleven on legacy cases and a large fragment dealing with a claim of citizenship.

Isaeus, an Attic orator of the fourth century BCE, made speeches which exemplify the intrigue of ancient inheritance disputes. First published in 1904, this learned edition of his surviving speeches, with a critical introduction and commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860-1929), remains a standard work.