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Series Editor’s Preface (Michael Gagarin) ix Translator’s Acknowledgments (Ian Worthington) xi Speech Numbers and Titles xiii Series Introduction (Michael Gagarin) xvii Oratory in Classical Athens xvii The Orators xx The Works of the Orators xxiii Government and Law in Classical Athens xxv The Translation of Greek Oratory xxxii Abbreviations xxxiii Note on Currency xxxiii Bibliography of Works Cited xxxiv Introduction to Demosthenes (Michael Gagarin) 3 Life 3 Works 5 Style 6 Significance 7 Introduction to This Volume (Ian Worthington) 8 The Works in This Volume 8 Historical Background to the Funeral Oration and Letters 9 The Erotic Essay and the Prologues 16 Note on the Text 17 DEMOSTHENES (Ian Worthington) 19 60. Funeral Oration 21 61. Erotic Essay 38 CONTENTS Prologues 55 Letters 1– 6 99 Bibliography for This Volume 135 Index 139 viii demosthenes, speeches 60 and 61, prologues, letters ...