Excerpt from Cyprian Orations: Evagoras, Ad Nicoclem, Nicocles Aut Cyprii The idea of an edition of the three Cyprian Orations' of Isocrates suggested itself during a prolonged course of reading among the Attic Orators in search of suitable books for class reading. Of late years the study of the Attic Orators by all but the most advanced students has been usually confined to Demosthenes and a few of the more interesting speeches of Lysias. But on reading Isocrates one cannot help being struck by the purity of his language, ...
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Excerpt from Cyprian Orations: Evagoras, Ad Nicoclem, Nicocles Aut Cyprii The idea of an edition of the three Cyprian Orations' of Isocrates suggested itself during a prolonged course of reading among the Attic Orators in search of suitable books for class reading. Of late years the study of the Attic Orators by all but the most advanced students has been usually confined to Demosthenes and a few of the more interesting speeches of Lysias. But on reading Isocrates one cannot help being struck by the purity of his language, the richness of his vocabulary, and the simplicity of his constructions, while his style, through his imitator Cicero, has had considerable influence on the formation of modern prose style. He provides read ing which is easier than Thucydides and more difficult than Xenophon, thus supplying a serious want. If one studies the bibliography of Isocrates, it is clear that at one time he was a favourite and standard author in the schools of this country,1 but of recent years he has been less in favour, the Payzegyrz'ezzs being the only Speech which is at all often read. These three speeches have been chosen for several reasons; they are simple and straightforward in construction; they do not involve any wide knowledge of ancient history; they are entirely free from the legal technical terms usually found in the Attic Orators; lastly, they are closely connected together, dealing with the fortunes of a single family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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