Masterpieces of Eloquence: Vol. 1

Mayo W. Hazeltine's book was originally published in 1905 as the first book of a 25-volume collection documenting the world's greatest speeches. Few eras, nations or historical events have gone uncommented upon in this all-encompassing work that spans from early Greece to the dawn of the 20th century.     This volume includes speeches by: Homer, Pericles, Nicias, Cleon, Gorgias, Antiphon, Socrates, Andocides, Lysias, Alcibiades, Isocrates, Xenophon, Isaeus, Lycurgus, Hyperides, Aeschines and Demosthenes.