{"product_id":"isocrates-peri-tou-zeugous-9783112227633","title":"Isocrates ›Peri tou zeugous‹","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary Alcibiades, the renowned Athenian general, cut a charismatic yet enigmatic figure, glorious and provocative, attractive and ambiguous. Isocrates’ \u003cem\u003ePeri tou zeugous\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eOn the Team of Horses\u003c\/em\u003e; 16), from the early 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century BC, concerns a legal case against Alcibiades’ son, the younger Alcibiades, regarding the misappropriation by his father of a four-horse chariot that he had used to win the Olympic Games in 416 BC., but essentially functions as an encomium of his father’s activities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe commentary at hand stresses the particularity of \u003cem\u003ePeri tou zeugous\u003c\/em\u003e as an embedded encomium; it systematically recognises the encomiastic \u003cem\u003etopoi\u003c\/em\u003e and establishes the place of the speech in the history of the epideictic genre. The speech demonstrates that apology and encomium could coexist, confirming the formative role of the \u003cem\u003egenos dikanikon\u003c\/em\u003e in shaping the prose encomium in the 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century BC. A particular focus is placed on the tension between the exceptional individual—exemplified by Alcibiades—and the political community. Isocrates, fully aware of his democratic audience, strategically highlights Alcibiades’ alignment with traditional \u003cem\u003epolis\u003c\/em\u003e values while simultaneously acknowledging his extraordinary nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evangelos Alexiou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265134571771,"sku":"9783112227633","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_fea99215-8189-4af1-b940-5ebb857ac753.jpg?v=1775696898","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/isocrates-peri-tou-zeugous-9783112227633","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}