Autor: Arthur Wallace Pickard

IN the year 360 B.C. the position of Athens in the Greek world  was, to all appearance, a very strong one. The battle  of Mantinea had put an end for the time to the rivalry of Thebes; the influence …

Demosthenes, the son of Demosthenes of Paeania in Attica, a rich and highly respected factory-owner, was born in or about the year 384 B.C. He was early left an orphan; his guardians mismanaged his p …

Demosthenes, the son of Demosthenes of Paeania in Attica, a rich and highly respected factory-owner, was born in or about the year 384 B.C. He was early left an orphan; his guardians mismanaged his p …