The Chronology of Antiphon's Speeches

1 January 1950

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Classical Quarterly

Vol. 44 (1-2) , 44-60
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009838800027981

Abstract

Two firm points in the chronology of Antiphon's speeches are VI περ⋯ τοὖ χορευτοὖ in 419/8¹and theDefence(περ⋯ τ⋯σ μεταστ⋯σεωσ) in 411/0². Speech V περ⋯ τ⋯σ 'Hρῷδου is now generally dated between these two; only the vaguest attempts have been made to date I κατ⋯ τ⋯σ μητρυ⋯ασ; there is no general agreement on either the date or the authorship of the Tetralogies. The main purpose of this paper is to adduce linguistic as well as external evidence for the dating of V in the neighbourhood of 414 and to show grounds for dating I between VI and V. Its secondary purpose is to apply some of the results gained in this inquiry to the fragments and the Tetralogies.

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On the Date of Antiphon's Fifth Oration
The Classical Quarterly, 1937