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

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