Download or read book Demosthenes: Selected Political Speeches written by Demosthenes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of five of Demosthenes' Assembly speeches arguing for a military response to Philip II of Macedon is aimed at students. The extensive introduction and grammatical notes fully explicate the Greek text and provide abundant detail and up-to-date references to help readers understand the historical and literary context.