Excerpt from The Orations of Demosthenes, Vol. 1 of 2: Pronounced to Excite the Athenians Against Philip, King of Macedon Spa an was willing to resign to them the com mand of the sea: but they would be absolute in all. And as they had delivered Greece from the oppression of the Barbarians, they thought then selves entitled to oppress her in their turn. They called themselves protectors of the Grecian cities, but behaved like their lords; till at last, Sparta, urged by the complaints of several states, against the violence of Athens, began the famous Peloponnesian war, which was carried on with various success twenty-seven years. The un happy expedition of the Athenians into Sicily, first shook their power; and the victory of Ly sander at iegos-potamos, entirely overthrew it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.