Ancient biography of lysias

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    Lysias
    by
    Mike Edwards
    • LAST REVIEWED: 27 April 2017
    • LAST MODIFIED: 27 April 2017
    • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0249

  • Blass, Friedrich. 1887. Die attische Beredsamkeit. 2d ed. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Teubner.

    Blass remains the starting-point for study of the orators, a learned survey in German offering an extensive analysis of each of the speeches. First edition 1874.

  • Edwards, Michael J. 1994. The Attic orators. London: Bristol Classical.

    A short introduction to the life, style, and works of Lysias.

  • Jebb, Sir Richard C. 1893. The Attic orators from Antiphon to Isaeus. 2d ed. Vol. 1. London: Macmillan.

    An in-depth survey of the life, works, and speeches, the English equivalent to Blass. First edition 1876.

  • Kennedy, George A. 1963. The art of persuasion in Greece. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.

    A relatively brief account of Lysias, but Kennedy’s seminal book rekindled interest in the study of the orators as centr

  • ancient biography of lysias

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    Lysias

    Description

    * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lysias’ life and works
    * Features the complete extant works of Lysias, in both English translation and the original Greek
    * Concise introductions to the orator
    * Provides multiple translations of Lysias’ speeches
    * Includes W. R. M. Lamb’s translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Lysias, with the original footnotes
    * Also includes the anonymous 1897 translation, published by Hinds, Noble and Eldredge, New York
    * Excellent formatting of the texts
    * Easily locate the speeches you want to read with individual contents tables
    * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students
    * Features two bonus biographies, including Plutarch’s ‘Life’— discover Lysias’ ancient world

    CONTENTS:

    The Translations
    Brief Introduction to Lysias by Richard Claverhouse Jebb
    The Speeches
    The Orations of Lysias

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    Lysias (Syrian chancellor)

    For other people named Lysias, see Lysias (disambiguation).

    Regent of the Seleucid Empire

    Lysias (; Greek: Λυσίας; Hebrew: ליזיאש; died 162 BC) was a 2nd-century BC general and governor of Syria under the Seleucid Empire.

    Biography

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    The Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BC was huge; it possessed two heartlands, the capital at Antioch in Syria, and a secondary capital at Babylon in Mesopotamia. Seleucid rulers had to aggressively remind their client rulers of their loyalty lest the client rulers drift towards independence, as happened with various subkingdoms over time. King Antiochus IV Epiphanes left Antioch around summer of 165 BC on an expedition to the eastern satrapies; he would see to affairs in Babylonia, dismiss corrupt or overly independent officials, and attempt to exercise control over the drifting Persian provinces to what would become the Parthian Empire. Antiochus IV left Lysias in charge of the government of the Western hal