Volume I: Olynthiacs 1-3, Philippic 1, On the Peace, Philippic 2, On Halonnesus, On the Chersonese, Philippics 3 and 4, Answer to Philip's Letter, Philip's Letter, On Organization, On the Navy-boards, For the Liberty of the Rhodians, For the People of Magelopolis, On the Treaty with Alexander, Against Leptines (1-17 and 20)

The greatest of the Greek orators, Demosthenes has been admired since antiquity for his dynamic style and variety of persuasive techniques, for his "force and effectiveness" and "majesty of utterance" (in Plutarch's words). Especially notable is the way he brings life to speeches by use of vivid detail.

The first of the seven volumes of the Demosthenes edition contains nine famous speeches in which he attempted to rouse athenian alarm about Macedonian ambitions: the three Olynthiacs, the four Philippics, On the Peace, and On the Chersonese. Here too are Philip of Macedon's letter to Athens declaring war and the Answer to Philip's letter.

Series No. 238 / 632 pages / ISBN 0-674-99263-6