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Demosthenes' Philippics

In Our Time

Are We Using a Fair Light to Really Steal a March on Each Other?

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Alexander is interesting because we've talked about how Demosthenes gets a free pass, but there is this interesting thing that happens when Alexander takes over after Philip's assassination. The treasurer of Alexander called Harpolis who defects to Athens. And he's got loads of money with him. This causes real trouble in Athens and the first time Demosthene goes into exile. So you get these very opportunistic political moves against the backdrop of Alexander,. yeah.

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