Demosthenes wrote and delivered speeches in fourth-century BCE Athens, and is best known for opposing the growing power of Philip II of Macedon. The Philippics and Olynthiacs urge Athenians to resist Macedonian expansion, while On the Crown defends Demosthenes' political career and attacks his rival Aeschines. Other surviving speeches arise from legal disputes and private cases. His work combines argument, invective and close attention to civic responsibility, making the speeches useful both as political texts and as models of ancient rhetoric. They suit readers of classical oratory, Athenian democracy, rhetoric and the political history of Greece before Alexander. Read more Less
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