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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Philip II of Macedon, Theban hegemony, Works by Demosthenes, Epaminondas, Battle of Leuctra, Pelopidas, Isocrates, Gorgidas, Peace of Philocrates, Works of Demosthenes, Oblique order, Megalopolis, Greece, Aeschines, Sacred Band of Thebes, On the False Embassy, Demosthenes' Funeral Oration, Derveni papyrus, Social War, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Battle of Mantinea, Epirote League, Battle of Tegyra, Jason of Pherae, Pagondas, On the Crown, Callias of Chalcis, Iphicrates, Cleitarchus of Eretria, On the Peace, Olynthiacs, Alexander II of Macedon, Against Meidias, Second Athenian Empire, Pammenes of Thebes, Philippic, Ateas, First Philippic, Third Philippic, Charidemus, Androcydes, Second Philippic, Timophanes, On the Chersonese, For the Megalopolitans, Larnax, Ptolemy of Aloros, Philippeion, Polyidus of Thessaly, Pelinna, Cleombrotus I, Battle of Cynoscephalae, Hipparchus of Euboea, On the Liberty of the Rhodians, On the Navy, On the Halonnesus, Erotic Essay, Against Leptines, Boeotarch, Against Androtion, Against Timocrates, List of populated places whose identities come from Philip II of Macedon. Excerpt: Demosthenes (, Greek: , ), (384-322 BC), was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators. He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he argued effectively to gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance. For a time, Demosthenes made his living as a professional speech-writer (logographer) and a lawyer, writing speeches for use in private legal suits. Demosthenes grew interested in politics dur...
