Demosthenes ((384–322 B.C.) opposed the Macedonian takeover of Greece. His Philippics urged his fellow Athenians to prepare to resist King Philip II of Macedonia. Later, after the death of Alexander, Demosthenes urged the Greeks to expel the Macedonians. According to Plutarch, after the Macedonians overcame the Greek opposition, Demosthenes sought sanctuary at the temple of Neptune in Calauria. Demosthenes agreed to surrender himself, but first insisted on writing a letter to his family. While writing it, he ingested poison that he had put in the reed pen on the basis of a prophetic dream, and so committed suicide.
Demosthenes
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Demosthenes was a renowned orator as well as an Athenian statesman.
Demosthenes - Copy made in 280 B.C.
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