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Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.55.1
nan 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.

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1. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.92.2, 16.92.4, 17.16.3-17.16.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 16.92.2.  As this award was being announced by the herald, he ended with the declaration that if anyone plotted against King Philip and fled to Athens for refuge, he would be delivered up. The casual phrase seemed like an omen sent by Providence to let Philip know that a plot was coming. 16.92.4.  Philip was enchanted with the message and was completely occupied with the thought of the overthrow of the Persian king, for he remembered the Pythian oracle which bore the same meaning as the words quoted by the tragic actor. 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. 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
3. Demosthenes, Orations, 19.192

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
alcetas	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
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 theatre festivals	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
alexander iii (the great) of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
archelaus i of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
artists of dionysus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
autocrats/autocracy see also dionysus,monarchy,satyrplay,tragedy,tyrants\n,and theatre	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
crown,at celebrations	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
cyclops (dithyramb)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
delphi,and philip ii	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
demosthenes,on philip	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
demosthenes (politician and orator)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
diodorus siculus,on philip of macedon	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
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, 160
dionysus,artists of	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
festivals,zeus hypsistos	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
guest friendship	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
guilds,artists of dionysus	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
hieron i of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
musicians,professional	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
notation,music	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
oaths,exomosia	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
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, 160
paean	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
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, 160
philip ii of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
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, 160
rites	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
sacrifices'	Martin (2009), Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes, 58
thucydides,on athenian tyrants	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
tyrants,athenian	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
tyrants	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
zeus,aitnaios	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 32
zeus,hypsistos	Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 160
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