Commentary on Demosthenes' Against Androtion

This volume provides a detailed lemmatic literary commentary on Demosthenes' speech <em>Against Androtion</em>. It is the first study of its kind since the nineteenth century filling a significant gap in modern scholarship. The Greek text of the speech is accompanied by a facing English translation <br>making the work more accessible to a wide scholarly audience. It also includes an extensive introduction covering key historical socio-political and legal issues. <p/>The speech was delivered in a <em>graphe paranomon</em> (a public prosecution for introducing an illegal decree) which was brought against Androtion a well-established Athenian public speaker and intellectual. Demosthenes composed <em>Against Androtion</em> for Diodoros the supporting speaker in this trial and an<br>active political figure in the mid-fourth century. In her commentary Ifigeneia Giannadaki illuminates the legal socio-political and historical aspects of the speech including views on male prostitution and the relationship between sex and politics complex aspects of Athenian law and procedure <br>and Athenian politics in the aftermath of the Social War. Giannadaki balances the analysis of important historical and legal issues with a special emphasis on elucidating Demosthenes' rhetorical strategy and argumentation.<br>