See also:

• DEMADES (c. 38o-318 B.c.)

DEMADES (c. 38o-318 B.c.)  , Athenian orator and See also:

• DEMAGOGUE (Gr. Srlµaywybs, from iyety, to lead, and Siµos, the people)

demagogue . He was originally of humble position, and was employed at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as a See also:

• COMMON

common sailor, but he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose partly by his eloquence and 1 Held by See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz See also:

• DELITZSCH
• DELITZSCH, FRANZ (1813–1890)

Delitzsch, See also:

• DILLMANN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1823-1894)

Dillmann and See also:

• LENORMANT, FRANCOIS (1837–1883)

Lenormant . partly by his unscrupulous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character to a prominent position at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . He espoused the cause of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against See also:

• OLYNTHUS

Olynthus, and was thus brought into See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter and See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long enmity with See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes,whom he at first supported . He fought against the Macedonians in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• CHAERONEIA, or CHAERONEA

Chaeroneia, and was taken prisoner . Having made a favourable impression upon Philip, he was released together with his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-captives, and was instrumental in bringing about a treaty of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia and Athens . He continued to be a favourite of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, and, prompted by a bribe, saved Demosthenes and the other See also:

• OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious Athenian orators from his vengeance . It was also chiefly owing to him that Alexander, after the destruction of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, treated Athens so leniently . His conduct in supporting the Macedonian cause, yet receiving any bribes that were offered by the opposite party, caused him to be heavily fined more than once ; and he was finally deprived of his See also:

• CIVIL

civil rights . He was reinstated (322) 011 the approach of See also:

• ANTIPATER (398?-319 B.C.)

Antipater, to whom he was sent as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador . Before setting out he persuaded the citizens to pass See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• DEATH

death upon Demosthenes and his followers, who had fled from Athens . The result of his See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy was the conclusion of a peace greatly to the disadvantage of the Athenians .

In 318 (or earlier), having been detected in an intrigue with See also:

• PERDICCAS

Perdiccas, Antipater's opponent, he was put to death by Antipater at See also:

• PELLA

Pella, when entrusted with another See also:

• MISSION

mission by the Athenians . See also:

• DEMADES (c. 38o-318 B.c.)

Demades was avaricious and unscrupulous; but he was a highly gifted and practised orator . A fragment of a speech (See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep' &JSEKa.erlas), bearing his name, in which he defends his conduct, is to be found in C . Mailer's Oratores Attici, ii . 438, but its genuineness is exceedingly doubtful .