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The World’s Famous Orations As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place. 棗aWilliam Jennings Bryan Two millennia of Western Civilization come into focus through these 281 masterpieces by 213 rhetoricians. Selected under the supervision of the greatest orator of his time, these brief persuasive addresses form both a window into history’s turning points as well as a timeless collection for any reference shelf. Contents Contents I Preface 2 Greece (432 B.C.–324 B.C.). 3 Pericles (c.495–429 B.C.) 14 I. In Favor of the Peloponnesian War (432 B.C.) 14 II. On Those Who Died in the War (430 B.C.) 17 III. In Defense of Himself 22 On the Punishment of the Mytileneans by Cleon (d. 422 B.C.) 26 Alcibiades (c.450–404 B.C.) 30 I. In Support of the Athenian Expedition to Sicily 30 II. To the Spartans 33 Against the Sicilian Expedition by Nicias (d. 413 B.C.) 34 On the Union of Sicily against Invaders by Hermocrates 37 Against Eratosthenes by Lysias (c.459–c.380 B.C.) 40 Socrates (469–399 B.C.) 42 I. In His Own Defense 42 II. On Being Declared Guilty 47 III. On Being Condemned to Death 50 On the Union of Greece to Resist Persia by Isocrates (436–338 B.C.) 53 Demosthenes (384?–322 B.C.) 58 I. The Second Oration Against Philip 58 II. On the State of the Chersonesus 63 III. On the Crown 74 Against Ctesiphon; Or, On the Crown by Aeschines (c.390–314? B.C.) 94 Against Demosthenes by Dinarchus (361–291 B.C.) 117 The World’s Famous Orations. Rome (218 B.C.–84 A.D.) 122 To His Army before Battle by Publius Cornelius Scipio 122 Address to His Soldiers by Hannibal (b. 247 B.C., d. 183 or 182 B.C.) 125 The Gracchi (d.133 B.C.) 135 I. Fragments by Tiberius Gracchus 135 II. Fragments by Caius Gracchus 138 On a Corrupt Oligarchy by Caius Memmius (d.100 B.C.) 140 On Being Accused of a Low Origin by Caius