The MouseionDemosthenesOn the Crown
On the Crownὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου
By Demosthenes.
- Kind of writing
- Oratory
- Dialect
- Attic
- Written
- 4th c. BC
- Length
- 26,137 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 79% common words
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 1 English translation
The texts
Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.
- Greek textDemosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.
- English translationDemosthenes, Vol. II: De Corona, De Falsa Legatione, XVIII, XIX. Vince, C. A. and Vince, J. H., translators. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1926 (1939 reprint).