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Demosthenes

384–322 BC · Orator and statesman

An orphan cheated of his inheritance who taught himself to speak, sued his guardians and became the greatest orator of Athens. He spent his life rousing the city against Philip of Macedon and took poison rather than be taken by Philip’s successors.

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First Olynthiac · Ὀλυνθιακὸς α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Second Olynthiac · Ὀλυνθιακὸς β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Third Olynthiac · Ὀλυνθιακὸς γ΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
First Philippic · Κατὰ Φιλίππου α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On the Peace · Περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Second Philippic · Κατὰ Φιλίππου β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On Halonnesus · Περὶ Ἀλοννήσου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On the Chersonese · Περὶ τῶν ἐν Χερρονήσῳ
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Third Philippic · Κατὰ Φιλίππου γ΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Fourth Philippic · Κατὰ Φιλίππου δ΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Answer to Philip’s Letter · Πρὸς τὴν ἐπιστολήν τὴν Φιλίππου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Philip’s Letter · Ἐπιστολή [Φιλίππου]
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On Organization · Περὶ συντάξεως
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On the Navy-Boards · Περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
For the Liberty of the Rhodians · Ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
For the People of Megalopolis · Ὑπὲρ Μεγαλοπολιτῶν
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On the Treaty with Alexander · Περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
On the Crown · Ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishCharles Anthony Vince
On the False Embassy · Περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishCharles Anthony Vince
Against Leptines · Περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Meidias · Κατὰ Μειδίου περὶ τοῦ Κονδύλου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Androtion · Κατὰ Ἀνδροτίωνος παρανόμων
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Aristocrates · Κατὰ Ἀριστοκράτους
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Timocrates · Κατὰ Τιμοκράτους
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Aristogeiton I · Κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Aristogeiton II · Κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishJames Herbert Vince
Against Aphobus I · Κατὰ Ἀφόβου ἐπιτροπῆς α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Aphobus II · Κατὰ Ἀφόβου β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Aphobus III · Πρὸς Ἄφοβον ὑπὲρ Φάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν γ΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Onetor I · Πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Onetor II · Πρὸς Ὀνήτορα ἐξούλης β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Zenothemis · Πρὸς Ζηνόθεμιν παραγραφή
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Apaturius · Πρὸς Ἀπατούριον παραγραφή
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Phormio · Πρὸς Φορμίωνα ὑπὲρ δανείου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Lacritus · Πρὸς τὴν Λάκριτον παραγραφὴν
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
For Phormio · Παραγραφὴ ὑπὲρ Φορμίωνος
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Pantaenetus · Παραγραφὴ πρὸς Πανταίνετον
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes · Παραγραφὴ πρὸς Ναυσίμακον καὶ Ξενοπείθην
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Boeotus I · Πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ τοῦ Ὀνόματος
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Boeotus II · Πρὸς Βοιωτὸν περὶ προικὸς μητρῴας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Spudias · Πρὸς Σπουδίαν ὑπὲρ προικός
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Phaenippus · Πρὸς Φαίνιππον περὶ ἀντιδόσεως
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Macartatus · Πρὸς Μακάρτατον περὶ Ἁγνίου κλήρου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Leochares · Πρὸς Λεωκάρη περὶ τοῦ Ἀρχιάδου κλήρου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Stephanus I · Κατὰ Στεφάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν α΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Stephanus II · Κατὰ Στεφάνου ψευδομαρτυριῶν β΄
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Evergus and Mnesibulus · Κατὰ Εὐέργου καὶ Μνησιβούλου ψευδομαρτυριῶν
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Olympiodorus · Κατὰ Ὀλυμπιοδώρου βλάβης
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Timotheus · Πρὸς Τιμόθεον ὑπὲρ χρέως
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Polycles · Πρὸς Πολυκλέα περὶ τοῦ ἐπιτριηραρχήματος
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
On the Trierarchic Crown · Περὶ τοῦ Στεφάνου τῆς τριηραρκίας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Callippus · Πρὸς Κάλλιππον
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Nicostratus · Πρὸς Νικόστρατον περὶ ἀνδραπόδων ἀπογραφῆς Ἀρεθουσίου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Conon · Κατὰ Κόνωνος αἰκείας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Callicles · Πρὸς Καλλικλέα περὶ χωρίου βλάβης
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Dionysodorus · Κατὰ Διονυσοδώρου βλάβης
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Eubulides · Ἔφεσις πρὸς Εὐβουλίδην
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Theocrines · Ἔνδειξις κατὰ Θεοκρίνου
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
Against Neaera · Κατὰ Νεαίρας
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAugustus Taber Murray
The Funeral Speech · Ἐπιτάφιος
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishNorman W. DeWitt
The Erotic Essay · Ἐρωτικὸς
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishNorman W. DeWitt
Exordia · Προοίμια δημηγορικά
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishNorman W. DeWitt
Letters · Δημοσθένους ἐπιστολαὶ
Demosthenes
- Ancient Greek + EnglishNorman W. DeWitt

All sixty-one speeches under his name, with the Exordia and the Letters, in Greek beside English.

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