Free Download Brenda Griffith-Williams, "Greek Orators VIII: Isaeus Orations: 1, 2, 4 and 6 "
English | ISBN: 1802077138 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The four selected speeches were composed by a professional speechwriter, Isaeus, for litigants contesting inheritance claims in the Athenian courts of the fourth century BC. They offer some intriguing glimpses into the domestic life of (mainly wealthy) Athenian families, with sometimes scandalous stories of forged wills, family quarrels, illegitimate children, divorce, and prostitution. The narratives feature positive and negative Athenian stereotypes of women (dutiful wife or deceitful seductress).