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The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

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Number of Chapters: 27

Length: 07 hours and 08 minutes

Language: English

This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Francis Whiting Halsey. The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such famous persons as Achilles, Pericles, and Socrates, with their most famous (legendary or traditional) orations and speeches. - Summary by Carolin

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Preface (Jason in Panama)
Introduction (SK)
Achilles’ Reply to the Envoys by Homer (Kathrine Engan)
Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War (THBosc)
Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War (THBosc)
Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself (THBosc)
Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans (THBosc)
Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily (Andrew Philologus)
Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans (Jordan Watts)
Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition ()
Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders (Linda Johnson)
Lysias - Against Eratosthenes (Brian Murphy)
Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense (Brad Schliesser)
Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty (Brad Schliesser)
Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death (Brad Schliesser)
Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia (Gail Nelson)
Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares (THBosc)
Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip (Ann Boulais)
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1 (Jim Locke)
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2 (Jim Locke)
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1 (Andrew Philologus)
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2 (Jim Locke)
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3 (Jim Locke)
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1 (THBosc)
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2 (THBosc)
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3 (THBosc)
Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes (DJRickyV)
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