. blishing his ascendency in thatcountry also. Meanwhile Philips movementsin Thessaly had opened the eyes of Demo-sthenes to the real danger of Athens and Greece,and his first Philippic (delivered in 352) washis earliest attempt to rouse his countrymento energetic efforts against their enemy; buthe did not produce much effect upon theAthenians. In 349 Philip commenced hisattacks on the Chalcidian cities. Olynthus, inalarm, applied to Athens for aid, and Demo-sthenes, in his three Olynthiac orations, rousedthe people to efforts agains
. blishing his ascendency in thatcountry also. Meanwhile Philips movementsin Thessaly had opened the eyes of Demo-sthenes to the real danger of Athens and Greece,and his first Philippic (delivered in 352) washis earliest attempt to rouse his countrymento energetic efforts against their enemy; buthe did not produce much effect upon theAthenians. In 349 Philip commenced hisattacks on the Chalcidian cities. Olynthus, inalarm, applied to Athens for aid, and Demo-sthenes, in his three Olynthiac orations, rousedthe people to efforts against the commonenemy, not very vigorous at first and fruitlessin the end. In the course of three years Philipgained possession of all the Chalcidian cities,and the war was brought to a conclusion by thecapture of Olynthus itself in 3-48. In the fol-lowing year he concluded peace with theAthenians on the basis that he kept all that hehad gained, and that the Phocians were ex-cluded from the alliance. The consent of theAthenians to this treaty was obtained by the. Gold stater of Philippus King of Macedonia, 359-836. head of Apollo with laorel wreath; •JAinnOY;charioteer in blga. (These coins were the lafmrctot, calledby Horace regale nomisma, Phillppl, Ep. ii. 1. 234.) assurances of Philocrates and Aeschines, theirambassadors, who had been bribed by Philip(Dem. FJj. p. 439). In 346 he marched intoPhocis, and brought the Phocian war to an Phocian cities were destroyed, and theirplace in the Amphictyonic council was madeover to the king of Macedonia, who was ap-pointed also, jointly with the Thebans andThessaliang, to the presidency of the Pythiangames. Ruling us he did over a barbaric na-tion, such a recognition of his Hellenic charac-ter wus of the greatest value to him, especiallyas he looked forward to an invasion of thePersian empire in the name of Greece, unitedunder him in a great national the next few years Philip steadilypursue
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