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Philippic

Philippic meaning

Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens. | Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

Synonyms of Philippic

tirade broadside denunciation denouncement declamation

Example sentences (5)

Also in 342 BC, he delivered the Third Philippic, which is considered to be the best of his political orations.

Demosthenes, First Philippic, 10. He thus provided for the first time a plan and specific recommendations for the strategy to be adopted against Philip in the north.

Demosthenes, Second Philippic, 19. Most of the Peloponnesians saw Philip as the guarantor of their freedom and sent a joint embassy to Athens to express their grievances against Demosthenes' activities.

Demosthenes, Third Philippic, 17. He also negotiated with the Athenians an amendment to the Peace of Philocrates.

First Philippic 28, cited by J. H. Vince, p. 84-5 note a. From this moment until 341 BC, all of Demosthenes' speeches referred to the same issue, the struggle against Philip.