HIST 4031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Isocrates, Athenian Democracy, Chalkidiki
9 Mar 2019
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Phillip ii loses the first sacred war to the phoenicians. His army fled and scattered after the defeat because he employed many foreign from newly conquered territories who saw the defeat as an opportunity to return home. Demosthenes is the only athenian who can see that phillip will not stop until he takes over all of greece and persia. Athens finally declares war against phillip in 357. They meet at the battle of amphipolis and sacred war is declared the next year. Phillip"s golden opportunity to take over central greece. The philippics were a series of anti-phillip speeches that were designed to plead with the athenian government to try and stop phillip. This first speech falls on deaf ears as phillip invades and defeats chalcidice and olynthus. Athens was his next target and they were terrified. But, phillip decides to negotiate a peace treaty with.
