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On the Navy Boards

oration by Demosthenes

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    In Demosthenes: Demosthenes as speech writer

    The speech, “On the Navy Boards,” was a marked success. The Assembly or Ecclesia (Ekklēsia), a legislative body composed of all adult male Athenian citizens, had convened to consider a rumoured threat against Athens by the King of Persia. Demosthenes’ tightly reasoned oration helped persuade the Athenians…

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