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Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown Demosthenes Demosthenes

Excerpt from Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown: With Notes 1. An attempt has been made to furnish in the notes all necessary historical and archaeological information. The need of such information is very much felt in reading this Oration, since it deals largely in the history, laws, and politics of Athens, and, indeed, of all Greece. Laws are quoted, measures cited, and historical events alluded to, which, though familiar to the audience to which they were addressed, require illustration in order to be understood at the present time. In such a discussion, too, there are me cessarily many technical terms which need' explanation. All needed aid of this kind, it is hoped, will be found in the notes. In furnishing information of this nature, I have derived great assistance, as will be seen by the references.h. 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.