Antiphon the Athenian

by
Michael Gagarin

Table of Contents

 Introduction

1. The Sophistic Period

• Who Were the Sophists?
• Inquiry and experiment
• Paradox and Play
• Public Competition
• Logos, Argument, Rhetoric
• Relativism and Humanism
• Conclusion.

2. Antiphon: Life and Works

• Orator and Sophist
• The Authenticity of the Tetralogies

3. Truth

• The Papyrus Fragments
• Nomos and Physis
• Justice
• Advantage and Disadvantage, Pleasure and Pain
• The Senses and the Intellect
• Language and Truth
• Structure and Style
• Conclusion

4. Concord, Dream-Interpretation

• Concord: The Fragments
• Concord: Content
• Concord: Style
• Dream Interpretation
• Other Works

5. The Tetralogies

• The Tetralogies and their Audience
• Pollution
• Tetralogy 1
• Tetralogy 2
• Tetralogy 3
• Conclusion

6. Public Discourse: The Court Speeches

• Athenian Homicide Law
• Antiphon 6: On the Chorus Boy
• Antiphon 1: Against the Stepmother
• Antiphon 5: The Murder of Herodes
• Antiphon's Speech in his Own Defense
• Antiphon's Logographic Strategies
• Conclusion

7. From the Sophists to Forensic Oratory

• The Complete Antiphon
• Style
• Argument
• Thought
• The Career of Antiphon -- A Summary