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Demosthenes, Orations, 19.192-19.195
nan To show you, then, that these men are the basest and most depraved of all Philip’s visitors, private as well as official,—yes, of all of them,—let me tell you a trifling story that has nothing to do with the embassy. After Philip had taken Olynthus, he was holding Olympian games, Not the great Olympian Games of Elis, but a Macedonian festival held at Dium. The date is probably the spring of 347 B.C. and had invited all sorts of artists to the religious celebration and the festival.
nan At the entertainment at which he crowned the successful competitors, he asked Satyrus, the comedian of our city, why he was the only guest who had not asked any favor; had he observed in him any illiberality or discourtesy towards himself? Satyrus, as the story goes, replied that he did not want any such gift as the others were asking; what he would like to ask was a favor which Philip could grant quite easily, and yet he feared that his request would be unsuccessful.
nan Philip bade him speak out, declaring with the easy generosity of youth that there was nothing he would not do for him. Thereupon Satyrus told him that Apollophanes of Pydna had been a friend of his, and that after his death by assassination his kinsmen in alarm had secretly removed his daughters, who were then children, to Olynthus . These girls had been made captive when the town was taken, and were now in Philip’s hands, and of marriageable age.
nan I earnestly beg you, he went on, to bestow them on me. At the same time I wish you to understand what sort of gift you will be giving me, if you do give it. It will bring me no gain, for I shall provide them with dowries and give them in marriage; and I shall not permit them to suffer any treatment unworthy of myself or of their father. It is said that, when the other guests heard this speech, there was such an outburst of applause and approval that Philip was strongly moved, and granted the boon. And yet Apollophanes was one of the men who had slain Philip’s own brother Alexander.

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1. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.55.1, 17.16.3-17.16.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 16.55.1.  After the capture of Olynthus, he celebrated the Olympian festival to the gods in commemoration of his victory, and offered magnificent sacrifices; and he organized a great festive assembly at which he held splendid competitions and thereafter invited many of the visiting strangers to his banquets. 17.16.3.  He then proceeded to show them where their advantage lay and by appeals aroused their enthusiasm for the contests which lay ahead. He made lavish sacrifices to the gods at Dium in Macedonia and held the dramatic contests in honour of Zeus and the Muses which Archelaüs, one of his predecessors, had instituted. 17.16.4.  He celebrated the festival for nine days, naming each day after one of the Muses. He erected a tent to hold a hundred couches and invited his Friends and officers, as well as the ambassadors from the cities, to the banquet. Employing great magnificence, he entertained great numbers in person besides distributing to his entire force sacrificial animals and all else suitable for the festive occasion, and put his army in a fine humour.
2. Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, 1.11.1, 3.1.4 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) 1.11.1. ταῦτα δὲ διαπραξάμενος ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς Μακεδονίαν· καὶ τῷ τε Διὶ τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ τὴν θυσίαν τὴν ἀπʼ Ἀρχελάου ἔτι καθεστῶσαν ἔθυσε καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐν Αἰγαῖς διέθηκε τὰ Ὀλύμπια· οἱ δὲ καὶ ταῖς Μούσαις λέγουσιν ὅτι ἀγῶνα ἐποίησε. 3.1.4. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ διαβὰς τὸν πόρον ἧκεν ἐς Μέμφιν· καὶ θύει ἐκεῖ τοῖς τε ἄλλοις θεοῖς καὶ τῷ Ἄπιδι καὶ ἀγῶνα ἐποίησε γυμνικόν τε καὶ μουσικόν· ἧκον δὲ αὐτῷ οἱ ἀμφὶ ταῦτα τεχνῖται ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος οἱ δοκιμώτατοι. ἐκ δὲ Μέμφιος κατέπλει κατὰ τὸν ποταμὸν ὡς ἐπὶ θάλασσαν τούς τε ὑπασπιστὰς ἐπὶ τῶν νεῶν λαβὼν καὶ τοὺς τοξότας καὶ τοὺς Ἀγριᾶνας καὶ τῶν ἱππέων τὴν βασιλικὴν ἴλην τὴν τῶν ἑταίρων.
3. Dio Chrysostom, Orations, 2.2 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) 2.2.  It is true that sometimes, because of their youth and enthusiasm, they spoil the sport by barking and starting the game too soon, but sometimes too they bring down the game themselves by bounding ahead. This, in fact, happened to Alexander at the very beginning, so that they say he brought about the battle and victory of Chaeronea when his father shrank from taking the risk. Now it was on this occasion, when they were at Dium in Pieria on their way home from the campaign and were sacrificing to the Muses and celebrating the Olympic festival, which is said to be an ancient institution in that country
4. Demosthenes, Orations, 19.193-19.195

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aeschylus,dramas by\n,women of aetna	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
alexander iii (the great) of macedon,and musical contests	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
alexander iii (the great) of macedon,and professional musicians	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
alexander iii (the great) of macedon,and theatre festivals	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
alexander iii (the great) of macedon,royal banquets	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
alexander iii (the great) of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
andronicus (citharode)	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
archelaus i of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4, 32
aristonicus (citharode)	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
arrian	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161, 168
artists of dionysus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
autocrats/autocracy see also dionysus,monarchy,satyrplay,tragedy,tyrants\n,and theatre	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
chares (biographer),on alexanders banquets	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
comedy,middle comedy	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
comedy,old	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
comedy,roman	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
comedy	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
couches,alexanders banquets	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
cyclops (dithyramb)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
demetrius ii of macedon	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
demetrius of phaleron	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
demosthenes,on philip	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
demosthenes (politician and orator)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
diodorus siculus,on royal banquets	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
dion (dium),city	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
dionysus,artists of	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
dithyramb	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
dorion (piper)	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
euripides (tragic poet)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
games (public),at dion	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
gelon i of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
guilds,artists of dionysus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
hieron i of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4, 32
lyres/lyrody/citharas/citharists,andronicus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
menander (comic poet),portraits of	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
menander (comic poet)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
musicians,professional	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161, 168
new comedy	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
nicobule	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
nicocles of cyprus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
notation,music	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161, 168
old comedy (attic)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
olympia (festival,at macedon)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
olympic games	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
philip ii of macedon,and fraternizing with musicians	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
philip ii of macedon,hiring professional entertainers	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
philip ii of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
pipers/pipes,dorion	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
pompeii,house of the triclinium, fresco of female diner	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
priests/priestesses	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
professional entertainers,and royal banquets	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 161
professional entertainers,social interactions with	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
satyrplay/satyr drama	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
straton of sidon (abdashtart i) (tyrant)	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
theopompus of chios,musicians as guests	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
timotheus (lyric poet)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
tragedy	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 4
tyrants,nicocles of salamis	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
tyrants,straton of sidon (abdashtart i)	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
women,musicians as party guests'	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 168
zeus,aitnaios	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
zeus,olympios	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
zeus and the muses,festival of	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32