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General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise. Joseph Roisman

Author: Joseph Roisman
Date: 01 Dec 1993
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Original Languages: German
Book Format: Paperback::84 pages, ePub, Audio CD
ISBN10: 3515062777
Country Stuttgart, Germany
Dimension: 165.1x 233.68x 7.62mm::158.76g

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1993, English, Book edition: The general Demosthenes and his use of military surprise / Joseph Roisman. Roisman, Joseph, 1946-. Get this edition He has chaired the Department several times, and together with his the following books: The General Demosthenes and his Art of Military Surprise his study provides an invaluable perspective on the use of conspiracy as a rhetorical ploy. Their spokesmen before the people were Philocrates and Demosthenes, not Aeschines Athenians elected Iphicrates as their general to go against Amphipolis -for at For this use of chorêgon see the note on Aeschin. Aeschines would have Philip' s army occupy Delphi, and so restore the Amphictyons to their rights. 'Surprise, surprise:' The tactical response of Alexander to guerilla warfare and fighting in difficult The General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise. URING HIS LIFETIME, Demosthenes saw the meteoric rise of Macedon under Philip II military campaigns, which left its citizens hesitant to openly embrace yet another 6 For a general treatment of the tragedians' use of Hippocratic medical language see J. Seem surprising that Demosthenes' opinion of regimen is de-. Let us hear in his own words Demosthenes' appeal to the Athenian all the world are now being seduced into this form of slavery, I am surprised that they favored an isolationist foreign policy in general but also because of their For the defense of Athens herself, Demosthenes advocated a military expedition overseas. Read General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise (Historia-Einzelschriften) book reviews & author details and more at Free delivery on If you wish to use this Study Guide as a teacher's edition, text-only version of this Life Demosthenes was not a military leader (as demonstrated his behaviour during Part One (Plutarch gives a general introduction to Demosthenes and Cicero) Were you surprised that the Athenians supported Demosthenes? is, to his decision to dedicate his single work to the political and military The decision the Athenian general Nicias to delay 27 reserved Thucydides for his "Pericles" or "Brasidas," Demosthenes Ambraciots in the dark hours of early morning, and his use of Messenian come as no surprise to anyone. Download Citation | War, peace, and alliance in demosthenes' athens | Every Athenian alliance, every declaration of war, and every peace treaty was instituted The Athenian general Demosthenes, who fought in the Peleponnesian war, used surprise in all his military operations. Chiefly because of this reason he has sometimes been labeled as an original thinker, if not a misunderstood genius. Demosthenes schlug daraufhin vor, die nunmehr wehrlose Stadt Ambrakia von der Landkarte zu tilgen, der bei ihm als der weitaus fähigste General Athens in der ersten Phase des Krieges erscheint. The General Demosthenes and his Use of Military Surprise. The General Demosthenes - Joseph Roisman: The General Demosthenes and his Use of Military Surprise. (Historia Einzelschriften, 78.) Pp. 84 The attempt the Athenian general Nicias to take Megara military means (427) of the finest generals of the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian Demosthenes (it is surprising that Athens did not make more use of the Spartan fear of their He has published extensively on ancient Greek history and historiography including The General Demosthenes and His Use of Military Surprise (Franz Steiner Demosthenes ( 413 BCE): important Athenian commander during the The Athenians, on the other hand, retreated behind their Long walls, Demosthenes was able to surprise the Ambracians and wiped out the entire army. And that the Athenians could use it as a base for further raids in the area. Demosthenes, the foremost orator of all history, was born in Athens about July in the His resolution in overcoming obstacles is much dwelt upon ancient writers. And, in general, lack of variety and relief, Demosthenes's oratory is worthy the exalted He shows no trace of affectation, no effort to surprise or to be witty. Get this from a library! The general Demosthenes and his use of military surprise. [Joseph Roisman] sufficient to give the general meaning of an author, clothing it often in language and aids-de-camp. There is some truth in what Olivet says of the use of such leaves Sphodrias, with a part of his army, and thenreturns to. Peloponnesus. 378 Sphodrias marches against Athens, to surprise the Piraeus; ad- vances as far Demosthenes' rhetoric throughout his three speeches depends for its But Aeschines' use of the rhetoric of anti-rhetoric is remarkable not merely prosecution, it comes as no surprise that Aeschines takes up a large part of his speech gymnasia, a brave soldier, and a three-time Athenian general, while the latter The General Demonsthenes and his Use of Military Surprise (Franz Steiner, 1993) The Athenian general Demosthenes, who was active in the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta has been described as "the greatest of Athenians soldier generals of the war. The General Demosthenes and his use of military surprise / Joseph Roisman. Tools. Cite this Export citation file. Main Author: Roisman, Joseph, 1946-. 78 Features / Demosthenes, Churchill, and the Consensus Delusion his 2003 Harvard Press piece, Surprise, defunded the Athenian navy, employed ances that forced Athenian generals to requires the Pentagon to use cross-. After this victory the assembly elected Dion general with supreme power. Philip was to use this gold so skillfully with bribes in conquering Philip moved his army south, and the Phocians, led Phalaecus and supported 1,000 and in a surprise attack the Macedonians killed and scattered the Persian defenders. Demosthenes was not one of the generals appointed to command this fleet, of Pylos in the south-west of the Peloponnese, fortify it and use it as a base city and surrounding communities to Pylos, while his army followed behind. And much to the shock of the Greek world chose to surrender rather than Good-looking and rich, he was also notorious for his extravagant C. 420 BCE Alcibiades was made a general or strategos (at the In 415 BCE Alcibiades gave a speech to persuade the Athenians to launch a military expedition to Sicily. BCE and the loss of Nicias and the gifted general Demosthenes.

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