AN UNUSUAL EXCLAMATION IN AESCHINES' AGAINST TIMARCHUS.

Examines the unusual exclamation used in introducing sections 72 to 93 of Aeschines' speech `Against Timarchus.' Author's argument on why the particle invoking Zeus was used; Invocation of deities to support the orator's arguments; Aeschines' highly structured series of arguments following a ring p...

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Published in:	Mnemosyne Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 419 - 430
Main Author:	Rydberg-Cox, J.A.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers Aug2000
Subjects:	Aeschines, 390-314 B.C. Greek speeches, addresses, etc.
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Summary:	Examines the unusual exclamation used in introducing sections 72 to 93 of Aeschines' speech `Against Timarchus.' Author's argument on why the particle invoking Zeus was used; Invocation of deities to support the orator's arguments; Aeschines' highly structured series of arguments following a ring pattern.