A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . hilip (359-336 ) was on theMacedonian throne. He had lived three years at Thebes andhad learned much from Epaminondas, the best strategist andtactician of his day. Philip had a well-drilled standing army,while the Greeks, exhausted by long-continued war, had cometo rely much on mercenary troops and were just in a conditionto fall under the dominion of Macedonia. Philip made theOlynthians his allies, crossed the Strymon, and conquered thewestern part of Thrace. There for purposes of defense hefounded the city of Philippi
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . hilip (359-336 ) was on theMacedonian throne. He had lived three years at Thebes andhad learned much from Epaminondas, the best strategist andtactician of his day. Philip had a well-drilled standing army,while the Greeks, exhausted by long-continued war, had cometo rely much on mercenary troops and were just in a conditionto fall under the dominion of Macedonia. Philip made theOlynthians his allies, crossed the Strymon, and conquered thewestern part of Thrace. There for purposes of defense hefounded the city of Philippi. The Sacred War. — The Phocians in their contest to throwoff the Theban supremacy had seized the lands of the templeof Delphi. Philip availed himself of the Sacred War, whichthen ensued, to unite Avith the Thessalian nobles and arrayhimself against Athens and Sparta, which had joined thePhocians. In his character of champion of the AmphictyonicCouncil, he overcame his adversaries and took his place inthat body in the place of the Phocians (346 ). 99 100 GREECE. IvS ( Mil n icJl) Demosthenes.—The Athenians, at the head of an AegeanLeague, might have checked Philip had they managed withmore spirit and was, however, only-one man who penetrated thedesigns of Philip, and exertedall his powers to stimulatehis countrymen to was Demosthenes (385-322 ). Overcoming natu-ral obstacles, he attained aplace at the head of all ora-tors, ancient and modern. /He was a great statesman [and an ardent patriot. On IPhilips conquest of Thes-saly, Demosthenes madeagainst him the first of a series of famous speeches knownas PhilijJjyics (352 ). His Oration on the Crown was asplendid defense of what he had done in behalf of Athens andfor Greek liberty. A Macedonian party was formed at Athens, a foremostleader of which was Aeschines, not a good citizen, but anorator only second in rank to Demosthenes. As Philip con-quered and destroyed city af
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