Aeschines, Demosthenes, and Athenian Rhetoric

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Aeschines, Demosthenes, and Athenian Rhetoric

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Alex and Benjamin explore the twilight of Athenian democracy, in which Aeschines and Demosthenes struggle viciously against one another as the Macedonian shadow looms.

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