Demosthene, Sur la couronne
edited and translated by Georges Mathieu, introduction by Claude Mosse
Redige vers 330 av. J. – C., Sur la couronne est considere comme son plus grand discours. Il y defend, une fois encore, la politique qu’il avait preconisee dans la guerre contre Philippe, s’opposant ainsi a un autre orateur celebre, Eschine, qu’il traite de corrompu. On trouve dans ces pages toutes les qualites oratoires qui ont fait le genie de l’auteur, capable de passer, d’une phrase a l’autre, par tous les sentiments, de faire reagir toute une assemblee ou tout un peuple, a la fois visionnaire et medidatif. Deux exemples celebres se retrouvent dans Sur la couronne: la description de la panique a Athenes suite a l’annonce de l’arrivee imminente, aux portes de la ville, des armees de Philippe; l’evocation grandiose d’une bataille qui a forge l’imaginaire historique du peuple grec, celle de Marathon (490 av. J. – C.), contre les Perses.
- By (author) Demosthene
- Introduction by Claude Mosse
- Edited and translated by Georges Mathieu
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