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Demosthenes

Exordia

oratory

Fifty-six short introductions to speeches, preserved as separate texts. Useful evidence for Demosthenic rhetoric and Athenian legal practice.

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Books

  • 1
    Book 1

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
  • 2
    Book 2

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
  • 3
    Book 3

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~70 words
  • 4
    Book 4

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~90 words
  • 5
    Book 5

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~180 words
  • 6
    Book 6

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~150 words
  • 7
    Book 7

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~160 words
  • 8
    Book 8

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~170 words
  • 9
    Book 9

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~150 words
  • 10
    Book 10

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~140 words
  • 11
    Book 11

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~100 words
  • 12
    Book 12

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~130 words
  • 13
    Book 13

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 14
    Book 14

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~180 words
  • 15
    Book 15

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~130 words
  • 16
    Book 16

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~100 words
  • 17
    Book 17

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 18
    Book 18

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~120 words
  • 19
    Book 19

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 20
    Book 20

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~150 words
  • 21
    Book 21

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~300 words
  • 22
    Book 22

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~160 words
  • 23
    Book 23

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~160 words
  • 24
    Book 24

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~290 words
  • 25
    Book 25

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
  • 26
    Book 26

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~180 words
  • 27
    Book 27

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 28
    Book 28

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~170 words
  • 29
    Book 29

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~170 words
  • 30
    Book 30

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~190 words
  • 31
    Book 31

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~150 words
  • 32
    Book 32

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~260 words
  • 33
    Book 33

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~200 words
  • 34
    Book 34

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~230 words
  • 35
    Book 35

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~260 words
  • 36
    Book 36

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~130 words
  • 37
    Book 37

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 38
    Book 38

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~190 words
  • 39
    Book 39

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~170 words
  • 40
    Book 40

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~160 words
  • 41
    Book 41

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~230 words
  • 42
    Book 42

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~130 words
  • 43
    Book 43

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~140 words
  • 44
    Book 44

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~150 words
  • 45
    Book 45

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~240 words
  • 46
    Book 46

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~270 words
  • 47
    Book 47

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~160 words
  • 48
    Book 48

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~190 words
  • 49
    Book 49

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~200 words
  • 50
    Book 50

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
  • 51
    Book 51

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~70 words
  • 52
    Book 52

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~110 words
  • 53
    Book 53

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~310 words
  • 54
    Book 54

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~90 words
  • 55
    Book 55

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
  • 56
    Book 56

    Demosthenes opens with a call to action, urging the Athenian assembly to deliberate carefully on the matter at hand.

    ~220 words
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