ABSTRACT
Demosthenes delivered the Third Olynthiac some time after the first two, in late 349 or early 348. By this point the Athenians had dispatched at least one relief effort to Olynthus (§35 with note). Demosthenes, however, had lost some of his confidence: while in the first two Olynthiacs he urged both the defense of Olynthus and the punishment of Philip, he is now willing to forgo the second goal, concentrating only on the first (§2). He now openly suggests (cf. the more guarded statements at 1.19) the repeal of Eubulus’ law governing the theoric fund (Part Two, Philip and Athens, p. 72) and the redirection of those funds to the military (§11).
