The sources of On the Crown

1. Philip's letter to the Council and People of Athens Philip II of Macedon 1 authority · 1 neutral 2 citations · 9 passages

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   The letter is treated as documentary evidence, though Demosthenes uses it against Philip and Aeschines.

   Philip, King of Macedonia, to the Council and People of Athens, greeting.

2. Aeschines 1 refuted 1 citation · 7 passages

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   The indictment is the opposing legal text that structures Demosthenes' rebuttal.

   In the archonship of Chaerondas, on the sixth day of Elaphebolion, Aeschines, son of Atrometus, of Cothocidae, indicted Ctesiphon, son of Leosthenes, of Anaphlystus, before the Archon for a breach of the constitution, in that he proposed an unconstitutional decree, to wit, that Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, of Paeania should be crowned with a golden crown, and that proclamation should be made i …

3. Demosthenes 1 endorsed 1 citation · 4 passages

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   The decree is read and defended by Demosthenes as a legitimate and beneficial measure.

   In the archonship of Mnesiphilus, on the thirtieth day of Hecatombaeon, the tribe Pandionis then holding the presidency, Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, of Paeania, proposed that, whereas Philip has sent ambassadors and has agreed to articles of peace, it be resolved by the Council and People of Athens, with a view to the ratification of the peace as accepted by vote of the first Assembly, to cho …

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on the crown 39 sources

Ambassadors' Dispatch · Aristonicus' decree crowning Demosthenes · Athenian Decree in the Archonship of Heropythus, Elaphebolion 25 · Athenian Decree in the Archonship of Heropythus, Munychion 30 · Athenian ancestral precedents · Athenian decrees appointing public thanksgiving · Athenian rule against repeated prosecution · Athenian statutes and unwritten laws of nature · Ctesiphon's decree crowning Demosthenes · Decree of Callisthenes · Decree of Demosthenes · Decree of the Byzantines and Perinthians · Decree of the Chersonesites · Decree on ambassadors concerning the seized vessels · Decrees against the Amphissians of Locri · Decrees honoring Nausicles, Charidemus, and Diotimus · Demosthenes' trierarchy reform decree · Depositions about Aeschines and Anaxinus · Depositions about Delos advocacy · Depositions on Demosthenes' public services · Laws and judicial oath of Athens · Letters of Philip to Peloponnesus · List of Expeditions in Aid · New schedule under Demosthenes' statute · Old schedule for trierarchic service · Oracle of Zeus at Dodona · Philip's Letter to the Peloponnesian Allies · Philip's Reply to the Athenians · Philip's Reply to the Thebans · Public epitaph for the fallen · Record Office letters concerning Amphissa · Record of Dates · Reply of the Thebans · Second decree on ambassadors concerning the vessels · Statute on proclamation of crowns · Statutes governing crowns, audits, proclamations, and public records · Sundry Resolutions of the Amphictyons · Tragic blank verse performed by Aeschines · Validated earlier decrees honoring Demosthenes