The Olynthiacs and the Philippics of Demosthenes (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Olynthiacs and the Philippics of Demosthenes Olynthua was a city In Macedonia, at the head of the Toronaic gulf, and north of the peniusnla of Pallene. It was colonized by a people from Chalcia in Eubcea, and commanded a large district called Chalcidice. in which there were thirty-two cities. Over all this tract the away of Olynthna was considerable, and she had waged wars anciently with AtienB and Sparta, and been formidable to Philip´s predecessors on the throne of Macedon. Soon after Philip´s accession, the Olynthiana had disputes with him. which were at first accommodated, and he gratified them by the cession of Antheraus. They then joined him in a war againBt Athena, and he gave up to them Potidcea, which had yielded to their united arms. After the lapse of some years, dnring whioh Philip had greatly increased his power, and acquired considerable influence in Thessaly and Thrace, the Olj´athians became alarmed, and began to think him too dangerous a neighbor. The immediate cause of rapture was an attack which lie made on one of the Chalcidian towns. An embassy was instantly sent to Athens, to negotiate an alliance. Philip, considering this as an infraction of their treaty with him, declared war against them, and invaded their territory. A second embassy was sent to Athens, pressing for assistance. The question was debated in the popular assembly. Demades, an orator of considerable ability, but profligate character, opposed the alliance. Many speakers were heard; ana at length Demosthenes rose to snpport the prayer of the embassy, delivering one of those clear and forcible epceohes, which seldom failed to make a strong impression on hia audience. The alliance was accepted, and succors voted. The orator here delicately touches on the law of Eubnlue, which had made it capital´to propose that the Tlieoric fund should be applied to military service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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