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Demosthenes, Orations, 18.319-18.320
nan Philammon did not leave Olympia without a crown, because he was not so strong as Glaucus of Carystus, or other bygone champions: he was crowned and proclaimed victor, because he fought better than the men who entered the ring against him. You must compare me with the orators of today; with yourself, for instance, or anyone you like: I exclude none.
nan When the commonwealth was at liberty to choose the best policy, when there was a competition of patriotism open to all comers, I made better speeches than any other man, and all business was conducted by my resolutions, my statutes, my diplomacy. Not one o f you ever put in an appearance— except when you must needs fall foul of my measures. But when certain deplorable events had taken place, and there was a call, not for counsellors, but for men who would obey orders, who were ready to injure their country for pay, and willing to truckle to strangers, then you and your party were at your post, great men with gorgeous equipages. To keep a stud of horses, whether for racing purposes or for use in the cavalry, was at Athens the favorite method for displaying wealth. I was powerless, I admit; but I was still the better patriot.

Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

3 results
1. Isocrates, Orations, 15.94 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
2. Demosthenes, Orations, 18.114, 18.320, 21.143-21.150, 23.196-23.203
3. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 1496

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
athenian democracy	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
charidemus,athenian general	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
common knowledge	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
crowns,gold crowns	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
crowns	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
ctesiphon,friend of demosthenes	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
demosthenes,orator,as benefactor	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
demosthenes,orator	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
diotimus,athenian general	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
euergetism,and competition	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
euergetism,and democracy	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
euergetism,as institution	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
euergetism,hellenistic	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
euergetism,origins of	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
exemplum/exempla	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
generosity	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
hellespont	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
historical knowledge in classical athens	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
historicisation	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
honorific inscriptions,the demos in	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
isocrates	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
lawcourts,athenian	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
nausicles,athenian general	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
neoptolemus,son of anticles	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
oratory,attic	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
prizes	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
relevance)	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
rewards,and prizes	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
themistocles	Marincola et al. (2021), Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians, 222
triêrarchiai,triêrarchoi	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224
wealth'	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 224