ABSTRACT
The settlement of the Third Sacred War and the honors bestowed upon Philip by the Delphic Amphictyony (Part Two, Philip and Athens, pp. 75-6) caused bad feeling at Athens. Philip had failed to live up to several promises made by Aeschines and Philocrates earlier in the year (§10), and Athenian sentiments quickly turned against their new ally. The Athenians refused to recognize Philip’s membership on the Amphictyonic Council, boycotted the meeting at which he was elected to preside over the Pythian Games, and took in Phocian refugees. Philip and other Amphictyonic states responded with complaints (§§14, 19). Late in 346, Demosthenes delivered his oration On the Peace, urging the Assembly to abide by the Peace of Philocrates and avert a war against Philip and the Amphictyonic League.
