tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post7869185855314838296..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece by Ian WorthingtonDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-25515876770911402132013-04-04T07:47:10.418-07:002013-04-04T07:47:10.418-07:00Ha! Too funny.
Demosthenes wouldn't have care...Ha! Too funny.<br /><br />Demosthenes wouldn't have cared what anyone else called themselves--they were barbarians and thus inferior to the Greeks. Which is a major reason he seriously underestimated Philip's capabilities.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-33005669993559910892013-04-04T04:22:58.418-07:002013-04-04T04:22:58.418-07:00Not that long ago, Greece was disputing the right ...Not that long ago, Greece was disputing the right of its neighbor to be called the Republic of Macedonia: after all, "Macedonia" was part of the Hellenic heritage, not to be appropriated by a collection of Slavs. What would Demosthenes have thought of that?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com