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


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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 5:40 Lu par Jason in Panama
Introduction 24:15 Lu par SK
Achilles’ Reply to the Envoys by Homer 9:59 Lu par Kathrine Engan
Pericles - I. - In Favor of the Peloponnesian War 13:08 Lu par THBosc
Pericles - II. - On Those Who Died in the War 17:29 Lu par THBosc
Pericles - III. - In Defense of Himself 10:42 Lu par THBosc
Cleon - On the Punishment of the Mytileneans 11:27 Lu par THBosc
Alcibiades - I. - In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily 11:05 Lu par Andrew Philologus
Alcibiades - II. - To the Spartans 3:15 Lu par Jordan Watts
Nicias - Against the Sicilian Expedition 8:12 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Hermocrates - On the Union of Sicily Against Invaders 10:34 Lu par Linda Johnson
Lysias - Against Eratosthenes 5:29 Lu par Brian Murphy
Socrates - I. - In His Own Defense 18:09 Lu par Brad Schliesser
Socrates - II. - On Being Declared Guilty 7:34 Lu par Brad Schliesser
Socrates - III. - On Being Condemned to Death 10:49 Lu par Brad Schliesser
Isocrates - On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia 17:10 Lu par Gail Nelson
Isaeus - In the Suit Against Dicæogenes and Leochares 13:20 Lu par THBosc
Demosthenes - I. - The Second Oration Against Philip 17:30 Lu par Ann Boulais
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 1 19:20 Lu par Jim Locke
Demosthenes - II. - On the State of the Chersonesus, part 2 17:36 Lu par Jim Locke
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 1 30:36 Lu par Andrew Philologus
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 2 22:50 Lu par Jim Locke
Demosthenes - III. - On the Crown, part 3 26:18 Lu par Jim Locke
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 1 26:17 Lu par THBosc
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 2 28:44 Lu par THBosc
Aeschines - Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown, part 3 22:35 Lu par THBosc
Dinarchus - Against Demosthenes 18:27 Lu par DJRickyV

Critiques

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