Books by Demosthenes

He focuses on Athenian relations with Philip in this crucial northern region and why Philip was a threat to Athenian interests in the area.

Demosthenes (384-322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who also became a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent argument, and control of language gained him early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary life.

Demosthenes' prosecution of Meidias for punching him in the face is a masterpiece of Greek oratorical prose. This edition represents the latest scholarship on the text and includes an introduction on historical, legal, literary and textual matters; a facing-page translation; and a commentary.

This is the first of four volumes - intended to replace the previous OCT - of the great Athenian orator Demosthenes (fourth century BC); it is based on fresh and thorough study of the evidence by Professor Dilts, an accomplished Greek scholar.