To Philip
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"To Philip" is a political discourse by the Athenian orator Isocrates, urging Philip II of Macedon to lead a unified Greek campaign against Persia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| To Philip canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oration
ⓘ
political discourse ⓘ work of ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| aimsToPersuade |
Greeks to accept Macedonian hegemony
ⓘ
Macedonian expansion into Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Philip II to assume leadership of Greece
|
| approximateDate | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greco-Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek–Persian conflicts
Isocratean political thought ⓘ Macedonian expansion ⓘ |
| author | Isocrates ⓘ |
| circulation | read in educated circles of Classical Greece ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| field |
ancient political thought
ⓘ
classics ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| genre |
epideictic oratory
ⓘ
political rhetoric ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| influenced | later Hellenistic political ideology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic oratory ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Greek unity
ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary network ⓘ
surface form:
Panhellenism
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ campaign against Persia ⓘ |
| mentionsEntity |
Greek city-states
ⓘ
Persian Empires ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
|
| philosophicalTheme |
Hellenism
ⓘ
surface form:
Panhellenic ideology
relationship between power and justice ⓘ role of monarchy in Greece ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Athens ⓘ |
| politicalAim |
leadership of Philip II over Greece
ⓘ
military expedition against the Persian Empire ⓘ unification of the Greek city-states ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
decline of independent Greek city-states
ⓘ
rise of Macedon under Philip II ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Isocrates ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On the Peace (Isocrates)
ⓘ
Panegyricus ⓘ
surface form:
Panegyricus (Isocrates)
|
| rhetoricalStrategy |
appeal to common Greek identity
ⓘ
contrast between Greeks and barbarians ⓘ flattery of Philip II ⓘ |
| secondaryAudience | Greek political elites ⓘ |
| title | To Philip self-link ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.