How Long to Read The Documents in the Attic Orators

How Long Does it Take to Read The Documents in the Attic Orators?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read The Documents in the Attic Orators by Mirko Canevaro

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus. These documents purport to be Athenian statutes and, if authentic, provide invaluable information about Athenian history, law, and institutions. Offering a comprehensive account of the presence of the documents in the corpora of the orators and in the manuscript tradition, this volume summarizes previous scholarship and delineates a new methodology for analyzing the documents. Examining the documents found in Demosthenes' On the Crown, Against Meidias, Against Aristocrates, Against Timocrates, and Apollodorus' Against Neaera, the core of the volume, which includes a chapter by Edward M. Harris, provides a guide for the reliability of the individual documents, and advances new interpretations of important Athenian laws, such as homicide regulations, legislative procedures, laws on theft, seduction, naturalization, and outlawry. Canevaro argues that some of the documents have been inserted into the speeches in an Athenian environment at the beginning of the third century BC and are therefore reliable, while many others are later forgeries. These forgeries are early products of the tradition of historical declamations and progymnasmata, and could be used as evidence of Hellenistic oratory and rhetorical education.

How long is The Documents in the Attic Orators?

The Documents in the Attic Orators by Mirko Canevaro is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Documents in the Attic Orators Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read The Documents in the Attic Orators aloud.

What Reading Level is The Documents in the Attic Orators?

The Documents in the Attic Orators is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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