Demosthenes (383-322 BC) - Athenian statesman and the most famous of Greek
orators. He was leader of a patriotic party opposing Philip of Macedon.
The Oration on the Peace (346 BC) - One of the orations spoken to the
Amphictyonic Council after Demosthenes had won his way within the circle
of the Greek states and the issue against Philip was no longer between
Greece and Macedonia but between the Greek and Macedonian parties in Greece.
