ABSTRACT
The corpus of Demosthenes, an Athenian politician who led the resistance to Macedon, is our most fruitful source for the activities of Philip of Macedon and the Athenian response. In addition to the ten speeches from the Demosthenic corpus included in this volume, Demosthenes’ speeches On the Crown and On the False Embassy (orations 18 and 19, respectively) are especially important. Also vital are the speeches of Demosthenes’ political rival Aeschines, particularly On the False Embassy (oration 2) and Against Ctesiphon (oration 3). Additional sources include book 16 of Diodorus’ Bibliothêkê Historikê (Library of History), composed in the first century B.C.; Justin, Epitome 7-9; the surviving fragments of Theopompus of Chios’ Philippica (FGrHist 115 F 24-396: fourth century B.C.); several preserved passages of Philochorus’ Atthis (FGrHist 328: fourth or third century B.C.); and a number of Athenian inscriptions recording decrees of the Assembly.
