Law, Rhetoric and Comedy in Classical Athens Essays in Honour of Douglas M. Macdowell

Contributors to this volume probe the detail and development of Athenian law (I. Arnaoutoglou, M. Gagarin, DC. Mirhady, and G. Thur); others explore the life and work of the Attic orators against their historical and political background (E. Carawan, M.J. Edwards, L. Prandi, L. Rubinstein, S.C. Todd, S. Usher and D. Whitehead). There are studies of the implications of recent papyrus discoveries for the texts of major authors (W.G. Arnott and C. Carey); and the intersection of Attic Old Comedy with Athenian law, politics and society receives extensive attention (K. Dover, P.J. Rhodes, P. Sfyroeras and A.H. Sommerstein). In short, the editors have done credit to their honorand by presenting a most substantial collection of original work from an authoritative international cast.Cairns, D. L. is the author of 'Law, Rhetoric and Comedy in Classical Athens Essays in Honour of Douglas M. Macdowell', published 2005 under ISBN 9780954384555 and ISBN 0954384555.