Description: Speeches of Isaeus : With Critical and Explanatory Notes, Paperback by Isaeus; Wyse, William (EDT), ISBN 1108059368, ISBN-13 9781108059367, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Very little is known about the life of the Attic orator Isaeus, who was active during the first half of the fourth century BCE, and many of his speeches have been lost to posterity. Published in 1904, these surviving speeches, presented in the original Greek with extensive commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860–1929), are mostly concerned with the convoluted intrigue of inheritance disputes. Wyse regarded Isaeus as 'an unscrupulous falsifier of law and fact in the service of clients whose claims to the estates they contested were, without exception, fraudulent'. While modern scholars may not fully share this view, Wyse's monumental and learned edition is still a standard work in the study of ancient family law. In addition to a critical introduction, the texts of the speeches, and the detailed commentary, this work also includes family trees to aid understanding of the complex cases.
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Book Title: Speeches of Isaeus : With Critical and Explanatory Notes
Number of Pages: 818 Pages
Publication Name: The Speeches of Isaeus: with Critical and Explanatory Notes
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Law
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 1020 g
Author: Isaeus
Item Width: 140 mm
Series: Cambridge Library Collection-Classics
Format: Paperback
