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 ("among them all, he excels alone"), and also praised him as "the perfect orator" who lacked nothing. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1554Venetiis, Aldvs, 1554.3 v. -
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Published 1864Boston : William H. Dennet, 1864.237 p. ; 20 cm. -
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Published 1527Haganoae, Per Johan. Secerium, 1527.[176] p. ; 17 cm. -
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Published 1894Snecae, apud J.F. Van Druten, 1894.xvii, 53 p. 26 cm. -
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Published 1954Moskva : Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1954.604 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., 1 folded map, ports. ; 22 cm. -
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Published 1994Moskva : Izd-vo "Pam︠i︡atniki istoricheskoĭ mysli", 1994-v. ; 22 cm. -
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Published 1978Firenze : Gonelli, 1978-1981.3 v. in 2 ; 31 cm. -
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Published 1978Bochum : [Ruhr-Universität Bochum], 1978.166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. -
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Published 1885Erlangen, E.T. Jacob [1885]27 [1] p. -
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Published 1902France : Université de Paris, 1902.255 p. -
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Published 19471947.76 p. : folded tables. -
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Published 1921Zürich, 1921.70 S. ; gr. 8. -
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Published 19141914.31 p. -
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Published 1932Berlin, J. Springer, 1932.2 p. l., 29, [1] p. illus. (diagrs.) 33 cm. -
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Published 18651865.74 p. -
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Published 19361936.35 p. -
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Published 1932Athen, Druck von L. Lambropoulos, 1932.182 p., 1 ̋. diagrs. 23 cm. -
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Published 1893Kōnstantinoupolei, ek tou Patriarchikou typographeiou, 1893.3 p. ℓ., [3]-71, [1] p. 20 cm. -
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Published 1860Nashville, Tenn. : Printed for the author by J.B. M'Ferrin, 1860.viii, 320 p. -
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Published 1888Leipzig, 1888.66 p. 21 cm.