The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045): A New Text with Commentary

Davide Amendola

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Demades Papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045)

A New Text with Commentary

Davide Amendola

Volume 17 in the series Sozomena

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110602371

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About this book

Despite the significance of its contents, the so-called Demades papyrus (P.Berol. inv. 13045) has received scarce scholarly attention since the 1923 editio princeps by Karl Kunst. This unique late second-century BCE document of almost 430 lines was found in the Egyptian chora, but it is supposed to have been written in Alexandria, where it probably served as a textbook for the highest level of rhetorical education. Besides shedding new light on its find circumstances and physical aspects, the volume offers a full re-edition and commentary of the two adespota texts contained in it, namely a eulogy of the Lagid monarchy and a historical work consisting of a dialogue between Demades and his prosecutor in the trial of 319 BCE at the court of Pella. The aim of the accompanying introduction is to address the question of the origin, nature and purpose of such fragments and of the collection itself, as well as to show to what extent the papyrus contributes to a better understanding of some of the main historical events of the early Hellenistic period. This book is thus meant to fill a significant gap in Classical scholarship, all the more so as a close investigation of most of the topics dealt with therein has hitherto been lacking.

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Davide Amendola, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction
I The Papyrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II The Origin, Nature and Purpose of the Contents of the Papyrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
III The Papyrus’ Contribution in Historical and Historiographical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Edition and Translation
Siglorum et compendiorum explicatio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Editorial Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
A Eulogy of the Lagid Monarchy (P.Berol. inv. 13045, cols. A I–III) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The Dialogue between Demades and Dinarchus at the Macedonian Court (P.Berol. inv. 13045, cols. B I–G III) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Commentary
A Eulogy of the Ptolemaic Monarchy (P.Berol. inv. 13045, cols. A I–III) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
The Dialogue between Demades and Dinarchus at the Macedonian Court Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Appendix
Demadis testimonia et fragmenta: conspectus numerorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Bibliography
Sigla and Abbreviations: Reference Works, Journals and Collections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Greek, Roman and Byzantine Authors, Lexica and Collections of Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
Works Cited by Author’s Name with Date Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Indexes
Index Verborum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	525
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	576
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Ancient historians, papyrologists, classicists and scholars interested in the history of Greek rhetoric and oratory.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 598
Keywords: Demades; Greek papyrology; Greek historiography; Greek rhetoric and oratory

eBook

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110602371

Hardcover

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110600919