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 DEMAGOGUES 525 DEMOSTHENES. kion, embassy of, to Antipater, xii. 322; death of, xii. 338. Demagogues, iii. 18, 21, viii. 39 seq. Demaratus and Kleomnes, iv. 325 seq. ; conversations of, with Xerxes, V. 40, 86, 96 ; advice of, to Xerxes after the death of Leonidas, v. 96. Demes, Aide, iii. 63, 66, 68 ; iv. 132 seq. Dimeter, i. 6, 7, 10; foreign influence on the worship of, i. 24, 2.5 ; how represented in Homer and Hesiod, i. 37 ; Homeric hymn to, i. 38 seq. ; legends of, ditfering from the Ho- meric hymn, i. 44 ; lL.lli.nic impor- tance of, i. 44. Demetrius of Skepsis, on Ilinm, i. 328. Demetrius Plmlereus, administration of, at Athens, xii. 362 seq.: retires to Egypt, xii. 374 ; condemnation of, xii. 378. Demetrius PoUorlcetes. at Athens, xii. 373 seq., 382, 383 seq., 388 ; exploits of, B. c. 307 — 304. xii. 381 ; his successes in Greece a- gainst Knssander, 382 ; march of, tlirougli Thessaly into Asia, xii. 386 ; return of, from Asia to Greece, xii. 388; acquires the crown of Macedonia, xii. 389 ; Greece under, xii. 389; captivity and death of, xii. 390. Dcmiurgi, iii. 72. Dcmochares, xii. 378, 380, 38.5, 392. Z?fmoc)-ac/cs, Grecian, securities against corruption in, vii. 402. t)e;Hoc»-ac^. Athenian, iii. 128, 140; v. 380 ; effect of the idea of, upon the minds of the Athenians, iv. 179 seq. ; at Athens, stimulus to, from tiie Persian war, v. 275 ; reconsti- tution of, at Samos, viii. 46 seq. ; restoration of, at Athens, b. c. 411, viii. 75 seq.. 80 seq., and b. C. 403, viii. 288. 300 ; moderation of Athe- nian, viii. 92, 304 seq. ; at Samos, contrasted with the oligarchy of the Four Hundred, viii. 93 seq. Democrntical leaders at Athens, and the Thirty, viii. 240, 245 seq.; sen- timent, increase of, at Athens, be- tween B. C. 479-459, V. 355. Demokedes, romantic history of, iv. 253 seq. OcmSnax, reform of Kyrene by, iv. 44 ; constitution of, not durable, it, 49. Demophaiitus, psepliism of, viii. 80. Demos at Syracuse, v. 206. Demosthenes the general, in Akarnaniri, vi. 296; expedition of, against >55toIia, vi. 296 seq. ; saves Nau- paktus, vi. 301 ; goes to protect Amphilochian Argos. vi. 302 ; Iii.s victory over Eurylochns at Olpoe, vi. 304.^69. ; his triumphant return from Akarnania to Athens, vi. 312; fortifies and defends I'ylus, vi. 317 seq. ; application of, for reinforce ments from Athens, to attack Sphakteria, vi. .334 seq. ; victory of, in Spakteria, vi. 341.se7.; attempt of, to surprise Megara and Ni^ie, vi. 372 seq.; scheme of, for in- vading Bceotia, b. C. 424, vi. 379 unsuccessful descent upon Bneotia by, vi. 380 ; his evacuation of the fort at Epidaurus, vii. 97 ; expedi- tion of, to Sicily, vii. 289. 298, 303 ; arrival of, at Syracuse, vii. 302,304 ; plans of, on arriving at Syracuse, vii. 306 ; night attack of, upon Epipolse, vii. 306 seq. ; his propo- sals for removing from Syracuse, vii. 308 seq. ; and Nikias, rcsolutioa of, after the tinal defeat in the har- bor of Syracuse, vii. 338; capture and subsequent treatment of, vii. 341 seq., 347 ; respect for the mem- ory of, vii. 348; death of, vii. 347. Demosthenes, father of the orator, xi. 265. Demosthenes theorntor, first appearance of, as public adviser in the Athe- nian assembly, xi.263 ; parentage and early youth of, xi.263 seq. ; and his guardians, xi. 265 ; early rhe- torical tendencies of, xi. 266 ; train- ing and instructors of, xi. 268 seq. ; action and matter of, xi. 271 ; first known as a composer of speeches for others, xi. 272 ; speech of, a- gainst Leptines, xi. 272 ; speech of, on the Symmories, xi. 285 seq. ; exhortations of, to personal effort and sacrifice, xi. 289, 357 ; recom- mendations of, on Sparta and Me- galopolis, xi. 291 ; first Philippic of, xi. 309 seq. ; opponents of, at Athens, b. C. 351, xi. 318; earliest Olynthiac of, xi. 327 seq. ; practical