This book is designed primarily to provide students of Greek history with a collection of
translated speeches illustrating political developments between the end of the
Peloponnesian War (404 B.C.) and the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.). The
speeches in this collection were delivered in Athens: some in the Assembly, others in
courts of law. All but one were written by residents of Athens; the sole exception, a letter
penned by Philip II of Macedon, was read out to the Athenian Assembly by an
ambassador. These speeches, therefore, are sources of first importance for Athenian
domestic and foreign politics.