... documents in speeches transmission Demosthenes scholarship political interpretation textual scholarship history of interpretation literary criticism commentaries editions areas of research Corpus Demosthenicum Already during his lifetime, Demosthenes proved to be a controversial figure...

...Chapter 35 outlines the main stages and issues and introduces the main carriers of the transmission of the Corpus Demosthenicum. Demosthenes was a canonic writer from antiquity to the end of Byzantium. The wide reception of his works has led to the survival of a large number...