Demosthenes 3rd Philippic
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The Historian Polybius sees Dernothenes' insults for what they really are:
"Although Demosthenes can be praised for rnany things, he must also be criticized because, thoughtlessly and unwisely, he dishonored and discredited the best of the Greeks" (XVII, 14, 1-12).
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The Historian Polybius sees Demothenes' insults for what they really are:
"Although Demosthenes can be praised for rnany things, he must also be criticized because, thoughtlessly and unwisely, he dishonored and discredited the best of the GREEKS" (XVII, 14, 1-12).
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Demosthenes was a politician, politicians r mostly liars yet the Slavs beleive Demosthenes quote to be true. But when Gligorov (a politician also) sais that "we are not decendants of Phillip or Alexander" the Slavs call him a liar... I find it quite amusing, how u say it... Sinferondology!
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If I call you a pig, does this mean that you are a pig also?
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One of the frequent users of the term "barbarian" in order to slander his political opponents was Demosthenes. His most known victim was Philip of Macedon. Not many people thought know that Demosthenes used it also against one of his political opponents, the Athenean orator Aristogeiton [Against Aristogeiton II. 26.17]
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Demosthenes was Philip's political opponent and he called PHILIP a barbarian in order to insult him. Like it was the case when the Athenians called the Spartans barbarians.
oxi den to polikatalava.apla sou leo thn apopsi mou gia ton dimostheni.
frankykamb21 4 years ago
Ksanades'to, dwse ligo prosoxh sta keimena pou anaferontai kai 8a katalabeis oti o to paramu8i peri barbarwn exei katarrif8ei.
MAKEDONIAisHELLAS 4 years ago
opos ke oloi oi laoplananoi(pou stirizontan se pseftikes katigories)etsi ke aftos den ipostirikse oti o filipas itan barvaros eno htan ellinas thelontas na strepsei planontas ton lao enantion tou ke ths makedonias?fisika opos ellines htan h athinei allo toso kai oi makedones.
frankykamb21 4 years ago
Den mporei.. plaka mas kaneis.
Ti barbaroi kai paparia mas les, den katalabes tipota apo to gamhmeno binteo??
MAKEDONIAisHELLAS 4 years ago