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First published in 1876, this book by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb is a history of the Attic orators, a group of ancient Greek speakers who lived in Athens during the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Jebb provides biographical sketches of the most important Attic orators, including Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, and Isocrates, and analyzes their works and rhetorical styles. This edition of the book includes a new introduction by classicist Michael Gagarin and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in ancient Greek literature, history, and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.