Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom 384 - 322 B.C.

A classic on Greece's most famous political orator Demosthenes and his role in the last struggle of the Greeks for freedom against the Macedonian Empire. Discusses the political tribulations of the state of Athens in the fourth century BC, and the internal struggles of Demosthenes with the other Greek orators, especially Aeschines. PREFATORY NOTE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE DEMOSTHENES CHAPTER I. THE YOUTH AND TRAINING OF DEMOSTHENES CHAPTER II. GREECE FROM 4 0 4 TO 359 CHAPTER III. THE ATHENIAN STATE IN THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C. CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNING OF DEMOSTHENES' CAREER CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF PHILIP CHAPTER VI. THE OLYNTHIAN WAR CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST EMBASSY TO PHILIP CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND EMBASSY AND THE PEACE OF PHILOCRATES CHAPTER IX. THE NOMINAL PEACE AND THE RENEWAL OF THE WAR CHAPTER X. CHAERONEIA CHAPTER XI. AFTER CELERONEIA CHAPTER XII. GREECE IN THE ABSENCE OF ALEXANDER CHAPTER XIII. THE AFFAIR OF HARPALUS AND THE LAMIAN WAR CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION INDEX

This is a reprint of the classical study by Pickard-Cambridge about Greece's most famous political orator, Demosthenes. It deals with his role in the last struggle of the Greeks for freedom against the Macedonian Empire.