Scafuro demosthenes biography

As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time.
Demosthenes was born into an old wealthy Athenian family.
Life Demosthenes was born into an old wealthy Athenian family.

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Translated by Edward M. Harris

This is the fifteenth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today’s undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public.

Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have recently been attracting particular interest: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few.

This volume provides introductions, translations, and notes for four speeches found in the Demosthenic corpus that have not been translated in recent times. Against Aristocrates deals with matters of foreign policy involving a mercenary general, Char

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May and mid-July-mid August 2018: Onassis Foundation Fellowship, Greece

July 2018-June 2019: Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant

Jan. 1, 2016-Dec. 31, 2018: Award from Arete Foundation that provides consultancy to Angelos Matthaiou of Athens, Greece for epigraphical and law projects of Scafuro and Oliver; also travel funds for the period to Scafuro and Oliver.

March 17-April 3, 2013: Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (University of Tokyo)

January 2012-June 2012: Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant

Sept. 2004 May 2005
Visiting Whitehead Professorship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens (funded by ASCSA and Arete Foundation)

July Aug. 2004
Humboldt Stiftung, 'Resumed fellowship' (Leopold Wenger-Institut für antike Rechtsgeschichte und Papyrusforschung in Munich)

July 2003 June 2004
ACLS (Leopold Wenger-Institut für antike Rechtsgeschichte und Papyrusforschung in Munich)

May 2001 Aug. 2003
Salomon Faculty Award (Brown University)

May 1997 Aug. 1998
Salomon Faculty Award (Brown University)

Jan. - Aug. 1989
Humboldt Fello

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Introduction to Demosthenes

Gagarin, Michael. "Introduction to Demosthenes". Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49, edited by , New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2011, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.7560/725560-004

Gagarin, M. (2011). Introduction to Demosthenes. In (Ed.), Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49 (pp. 1-5). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/725560-004

Gagarin, M. 2011. Introduction to Demosthenes. In: . ed. Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.7560/725560-004

Gagarin, Michael. "Introduction to Demosthenes" In Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49 edited by , 1-5. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2011. https://doi.org/10.7560/725560-004

Gagarin M. Introduction to Demosthenes. In: (ed.) Demosthenes, Speeches 39-49. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2011. p.1-5. https://doi.org/10.7560/725560-004

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