The Public Orations of Demosthenes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Public Orations of Demosthenes, credited to Demosthenes, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Public Orations of Demosthenes by Demosthenes. (Translated by Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge.) Read in English by realisticspeakers; Roger Serling; Marya James; Zeprina-Jaz Ainsworth; Mike Manolakes; Devan Tatlow; Rapunzelina; djrose; Brize C This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public orations by Demosthenes, arguably the most famous Athenian orator, that we still have access to. Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations are nowadays important sources of contemporary Athenian oratorical expression and provide an insight into the politics and legal affairs of Athens during the 4th century BC. - Summary by Leni

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Public Orations of Demosthenes
• Author credits: Demosthenes
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 13:02:29

Catalogue topics

• athens
• macedonia
• crown
• phillipics

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 00 - Introduction — 45:36
2. 01 - On the Naval Boards — 23:45
3. 02 - For the Megalopolitans — 23:07
4. 03 - For the Freedom of the Rhodians — 18:03
5. 04 - The First Phillipic — 34:13
6. 05 - The First Olynthiac — 26:48
7. 06 - The Second Olynthiac — 20:49
8. 07 - The Third Olynthiac — 24:56
9. 08 - On the Peace — 20:02
10. 09 - The Second Phillipic — 21:13
11. 10 - On the Embassy, Introduction — 16:17
12. 11 - On the Embassy, part 1 — 17:50
13. 12 - On the Embassy, part 2 — 13:36
14. 13 - On the Embassy, part 3 — 37:22
15. 14 - On the Embassy, part 4 — 32:40
16. 15 - On the Embassy, part 5 — 20:08
17. 16 - On the Embassy, part 6 — 30:28
18. 17 - On the Embassy, part 7 — 31:23
19. 18 - On the Embassy, part 8 — 30:42
20. 19 - On the Embassy, part 9 — 30:50
21. 20 - On the Chersonese, part 1 — 27:55
22. 21 - On the Chersonese, part 2 — 24:05
23. 22 - The Third Phillipic, part 1 — 16:35
24. 23 - The Third Phillipic, part 2 — 15:49

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