ABSTRACT
In 344, the Athenians sent an embassy to the Peloponnese with the purpose of agitating against Philip. The Macedonian king sent a letter of complaint to Athens, and in response to that complaint Demosthenes delivered his Second Philippic before the Athenian Assembly (Part Two, Philip and Athens, p. 77). In this oration, Demosthenes casts Philip as the enemy of Athens, charges him with violating the Peace of Philocrates, and demands its rectification (epanorthôsis). Unfortunately, the reply that Demosthenes proposes to give to Philip’s envoys (§28) never materializes.
