World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

by William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey, Various

27 chapters7h 8mEnglish1906

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This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Francis Whiting Halsey. The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such famous persons as Achilles, Pericles, and Socrates, with their most famous (legendary or traditional) orations and speeches. - Summary by Carolin

Chapters (27)

1Preface

340

2Introduction

1455

3Achilles’ Reply to the Envoys by Homer

599

4Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War

788

5Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War

1049

6Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself

642

7Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans

687

8Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily

665

9Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans

195

10Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition

492

11Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders

634

12Lysias - Against Eratosthenes

329

13Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense

1089

14Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty

454

15Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death

649

16Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia

1030

17Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares

800

18Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip

1050

19Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1

1160

20Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2

1056

21Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1

1836

22Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2

1370

23Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3

1578

24Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1

1577

25Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2

1724

26Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3

1355

27Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes

1107

World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

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