Minor Attic Orators, Volume II: Lycurgus. Dinarchus. Demades. Hyperides

Four rhetoricians confronting Macedonian dominance.

This volume collects the speeches of four orators involved in the ill—fated resistance of Athens to the power of Philip and Alexander the Great of Macedon.

Lycurgus of Athens (ca. 396–325 BC) concentrated on domestic affairs, especially financial, which he managed for twelve years, and naval matters. He also constructed and repaired important public buildings. Athens refused to surrender him to Alexander and honored him until his death.

Dinar...