Philippics
Britishplural noun
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Demosthenes' orations against Philip of Macedon
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Cicero's orations against Antony
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As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Against Antonius he wrote a series of most envenomed speeches which he called Philippics in imitation of those of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon.
From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Mary Agnes Hamilton
These orations were called his Philippics, and from this origin has arisen the practice, which has prevailed ever since that day, of applying the term philippics to denote, in general, any strongly denunciatory harangues.
From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Petrarch received in loan from Lapo of Castiglionchio a copy of several of Cicero’s orations, among which were the Philippics, and the oration for Milo.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Near the end of his life Cicero, opposing the usurpations of M. Antonius, delivered his masterpieces of oratory, the "Philippics," modelled after the similar orations of the Greek Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
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