First Philippic (Demosthenes, Oration 4)¶
Demosthenes, & Trevett, J. (2011). First Philippic (Demosthenes, Oration 4). Demosthenes, Speeches 1-17, translated with introduction and notes by Jeremy Trevett (University of Texas Press, The Oratory of Classical Greece).
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- Deliberative Rhetoric
- He argues from expected advantage against harm (delay is cheap now but ruinous later), builds probable-cause forecasts (if we keep hiring mercenaries and voting decrees without acting, Philip will keep taking cities), reasons by historical analogy from Athens' earlier lapses, anticipates and rebuts the objection that action is too costly, and closes on a concrete, actionable proposal for ships, cavalry, and funding
This sourceThe date and deliberative setting of the First Philippic, before the Athenian assembly, c. 351 BCE. The First Philippic's specific proposal for ships, cavalry and their funding.
- He argues from expected advantage against harm (delay is cheap now but ruinous later), builds probable-cause forecasts (if we keep hiring mercenaries and voting decrees without acting, Philip will keep taking cities), reasons by historical analogy from Athens' earlier lapses, anticipates and rebuts the objection that action is too costly, and closes on a concrete, actionable proposal for ships, cavalry, and funding
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