Olynthiacs

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Olynthiacs are a series of political speeches by the Athenian orator Demosthenes urging action against the rising power of Philip II of Macedon.

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Label Occurrences
First Olynthiac 1
Olynthiacs canonical 1
Second Olynthiac 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political orations
series of speeches
associatedWith Athenian democracy
Classical Athens
author Demosthenes
callsFor Athenian military intervention in Chalcidice
financial and military reforms in Athens
genre deliberative oratory
political rhetoric
hasPart Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Olynthiac

Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Olynthiac

Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Third Olynthiac
historicalContext rise of Macedon under Philip II
historicalSignificance early public opposition to Philip II in Athens
influenced later rhetorical theory
language Ancient Greek
literaryTradition Attic oratory
mainTheme Athenian leadership in Greek affairs
collective security against Macedon
urgency of military preparedness
numberOfWorks 3
opposes expansionist policy of Philip II of Macedon
originalAudience Athenian citizens
placeOfFirstDelivery Athens
politicalAlignment anti-Macedonian
politicalContext Athenian Assembly debates on war with Macedon
politicalPosition pro-war against Macedon
preservedIn Demosthenic corpus
purpose to support Olynthus against Macedonian expansion
to urge Athens to take military action against Philip II of Macedon
relatedPlace Chalcidice
Macedon
Olynthus
relatedWork Philippics (Demosthenes)
rhetoricalStrategy appeal to Athenian honor and past glory
appeal to fear of Macedonian domination
criticism of Athenian complacency
setting Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia)
studiedIn ancient history
classical philology
rhetorical studies
subject Athenian foreign policy
Olynthus
Philip II of Macedon
timePeriod 4th century BC
mid-4th century BC
traditionallyAttributedTo Demosthenes

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Demosthenes notableWork Olynthiacs
Olynthiacs hasPart Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Olynthiac
Olynthiacs hasPart Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Second Olynthiac
Olynthiacs hasPart Olynthiacs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Third Olynthiac