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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Antiphon of Rhamnus (Шаблон:IPAc-en; Шаблон:Lang-grc-gre; 480–411 BC) was the earliest of the ten Attic orators, and an important figure in fifth-century Athenian political and intellectual life.

There is longstanding uncertainty and scholarly controversy over whether the Sophistic works of Antiphon and a treatise on the Interpretation of Dreams were also written by Antiphon the Orator, or whether they were written by a separate man known as Antiphon the Sophist. This article only discusses Antiphon the Orator's biography and oratorical works.

Life

Antiphon was a statesman who took up rhetoric as a profession. He was active in political affairs in Athens, and, as a zealous supporter of the oligarchical party, was largely responsible for the establishment of the Four Hundred in 411 (see Theramenes); upon restoration of the democracy shortly afterwards, he was accused of treason and condemned to death.[1] Thucydides famously characterized Antiphon's skills, influence, and reputation: Шаблон:Quote Antiphon may be regarded as the founder of political oratory, but he never addressed the people himself except on the occasion of his trial. Fragments of his speech then, delivered in defense of his policy (called Шаблон:Lang) have been edited by J. Nicole (1907) from an Egyptian papyrus.[1]

His chief business was that of a logographer (Шаблон:Lang), that is a professional speech-writer. He wrote for those who felt incompetent to conduct their own cases—all disputants were obliged to do so—without expert assistance. Fifteen of Antiphon's speeches are extant: twelve are mere school exercises on fictitious cases, divided into tetralogies, each comprising two speeches for prosecution and defence—accusation, defence, reply, counter-reply; three refer to actual legal processes. All deal with cases of homicide (Шаблон:Lang). Antiphon is also said to have composed a Шаблон:Lang or art of Rhetoric.[1]

List of extant speeches

This is a list of extant speeches by Antiphon:

  1. Against the Stepmother for Poisoning (Шаблон:Lang)
  2. The First Tetralogy: Anonymous Prosecution For Murder (Шаблон:Lang)
  3. The Second Tetralogy: Prosecution for Accidental Homicide (Шаблон:Lang)
  4. The Third Tetralogy: Prosecution for Murder Of One Who Pleads Self-Defense (Шаблон:Lang)
  5. On the Murder of Herodes (Шаблон:Lang)
  6. On the Choreutes (Шаблон:Lang)

Notes

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References

Further reading

External links

Шаблон:Attic orators Шаблон:Authority control