Demosthenes
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Demosthenes grew interested in politics during his time as a logographer, and in 354 BC he gave his first public political speeches. He went on to devote his most productive years to opposing Macedon's expansion. He idealized his city and strove throughout his life to restore Athens' supremacy and motivate his compatriots against Philip II of Macedon. He sought to preserve his city's freedom and to establish an alliance against Macedon, in an unsuccessful attempt to impede Philip's plans to expand his influence southward, conquering the Greek states.
After Philip's death, Demosthenes played a leading part in his city's uprising against the new king of Macedonia, Alexander the Great. However, his efforts failed, and the revolt was met with a harsh Macedonian reaction. To prevent a similar revolt against his own rule, Alexander's successor in this region, Antipater, sent his men to track Demosthenes down. Demosthenes killed himself to avoid being arrested by Archias of Thurii, Antipater's confidant.
The ''Alexandrian Canon'', compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace, called Demosthenes one of the ten greatest Attic orators and logographers. Longinus likened Demosthenes to a blazing thunderbolt and argued that he had "perfected to the utmost the tone of lofty speech, living passions, copiousness, readiness, speed." Quintilian extolled him as ("the standard of oratory"). Cicero said of him that ("one exceeds among all"), and also praised him as "the perfect orator" who lacked nothing. Provided by Wikipedia
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Olynthiacs and the Philippics of Demosthenes. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 27-38 / translated by Douglas M. MacDowell. by Demosthenes
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Speeches 60 and 61, Prologues, Letters / Demosthenes ; translated with introduction and notes by Ian Worthington. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 18 and 19 / translated with introduction and notes by Harvey Yunis. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 50-59 / translated by Victor Bers. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 1-17 / translated with introduction and notes by Jeremy Trevett. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 20-22 / translated with introduction and notes by Edward M. Harris. by Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, speeches 39/49 / translated with introduction and notes by Adele C. Scafuro. by Demosthenes
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Scholia in orationes 19-60 continens. by Demosthenes/Dilts
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Clinical Cardiology. by Katritsis, Demosthenes G.
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Mechanics of solids and shells theories and approximations / Gerald Wempner, Demosthenes Talaslidis. by Wempner, Gerald, 1928-
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Mechanics of solids and shells : theories and approximations / Gerald Wempner, Demosthenes Talaslidis. by Wempner, Gerald, 1928-
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Demosthenes' On the crown : rhetorical perspectives / edited by James J. Murphy.
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Demosthenes : statesman and orator / edited by Ian Worthington.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : critical debates / edited by Mike Pearson, Wisia Wedzicha.
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Cloud and fog computing in 5G mobile networks / edited by Evangelos Markakis, George Mastorakis, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis and Evangelos Pallis.
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Essentials of medical geology / Olle Selinus, editor ; Brian Alloway [and others], associate editors.
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Essentials of medical geology / Olle Selinus, editor ; Brian Alloway [and others], associate editors.
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Handbook of plant and crop physiology / edited by Mohammad Pessarakli.
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Handbook of venous thromboembolism / edited by Jecko Thachil and Catherine Bagot.
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