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§ 1 (Dem. 1).

§ 2 (Dem. 2).

§ 3 (Dem. 3).

§ 4 (Dem. 4).

§ 5 (Dem. 5).

§ 6 (Dem. 6).

§ 7 (Dem. 7).

§ 8 (Dem. 8).

§ 9 (Dem. 9).

§ 10 (Dem. 10).

§ 11 (Dem. 11).

§ 12 (Dem. 13).

§ 13 (Dem. 14).

§ 14 (Dem. 15).

§ 15 (Dem. 16).

§ 16 (Dem. 17).

§ 17 (Dem. 18).

§ 18 (Dem. 19).

§ 19 (Dem. 20).

§ 20 (Dem. 21).

§ 21 (Dem. 23).

§ 22 (Dem. 22).

§ 23 (Dem. 24).

§ 24 (Dem. 25 & 26).

§ 25 (Dem. 59).

§ 26 (Dem. 58).

§ 27 (Dem. 57).

§ 28 (Dem. 27).

§ 29 (Dem. 28).

§ 30 (Dem. 29).

§ 31 (Dem. 30).

→ § 32 (Dem. 31).

§ 33 (Dem. 54).

§ 34 (Dem. 39).

§ 35 (Dem. 40).

§ 36 (Dem. 36).

§ 37 (Dem. 45).

§ 38 (Dem. 46).

§ 39 (Dem. 32).

§ 40 (Dem. 37).

§ 41 (Dem. 38).

§ 42 (Dem. 35).

§ 43 (Dem. 34).

§ 44 (Dem. 33).

§ 45 (Dem. 55).

§ 46 (Dem. 52).

§ 47 (Dem. 51).

§ 48 (Dem. 50).

§ 49 (Dem. 49).

§ 50 (Dem. 53).

§ 51 (Dem. 42).

§ 52 (Dem. 41).

§ 53 (Dem. 48).

§ 54 (Dem. 56).

§ 55 (Dem. 47).

§ 56 (Dem. 43).

§ 57 (Dem. 44).

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Libanius, Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes 

Craig Gibson, trans., edition of April 30, 2003

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· § 32 (Dem. 31) ·

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Libanius (Lib. Arg. Orat. Dem.).

(1) In this speech he adds some things that were passed over in the previous one,40 as he himself indicates, and he furthermore makes a stand against certain counterstatements. (2) With regard to these speeches, we have already mentioned41 that many people say that they were composed by Isaeus, doubting that they were written by the orator because of his age at the time; but others say that, if this is not the case, then at least they were revised by Isaeus, for they resemble his speeches.42 But it is not at all surprising if Demosthenes imitated his teacher and in the meantime followed his style when he had not yet reached maturity.

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— Notes —

Note 40   Cf. Hyp. to Dem. 30 (Lib. hyp. 31).

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Note 41   In the introduction, section 8: “Some say that the guardianship speeches are by Isaeus and not by Demosthenes, doubting them because of the orator’s age at the time when he took them to court—he was eighteen years old at the time—and because the speeches seem to a certain extent to exhibit Isaeus’ stylistic type. Others think that they were composed by Demosthenes but edited by Isaeus. But it would not be surprising if Demosthenes was able to write this sort of speeches at that age—his later excellence makes this credible—but because his youthful training under the direction of his teacher was still in progress, he quite often imitates his stylistic character.”

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Note 42   Modern scholars do not follow these two views. To the extent that the speeches resemble those of Isaeus, Libanius’ response to the alleged similarity seems more judicious.

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Craig Gibson, trans., “Libanius, Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes,” in C.W. Blackwell, ed., Dēmos: Classical Athenian Democracy (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for electronic publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of April 30, 2003. Contact: cwb@stoa.org.

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