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===by Demosthenes and Aeschines===
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}}[[File:OeuvresComplettesDeDemostheneEtDEschine1777v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] (384-322 BCE) was a prominent statesman and orator in Ancient Greece. Demosthenes was the son of a wealthy swordsmith, but was orphaned at the age of seven.<ref>Ian Worthington, ''Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator'' (London: Routledge, 2000), 162.</ref> His father left him with a substantial inheritance, but his guardians mishandled it and left him with only a fraction of the initial estate.<ref>Ibid., 186.</ref> At the age of twenty Demosthenes sued his guardians for misappropriating his estate, and won.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

Demosthenes developed his skills as an orator by studying speeches given by earlier great orators.<ref>Ibid., 240.</ref> He transferred his talents as an orator and writer into a successful professional speech-writing career.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/157438/Demosthenes Demosthenes]," accessed October 24, 2013.</ref> During his time as a speech-writer Demosthenes developed an interest in politics; he went on to devote most of his career to opposing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28ancient_kingdom%29 Macedon’s] expansion.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He spoke out against both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon Philip II of Macedon] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander the Great].<ref>Ibid.</ref> Demosthenes played a leading role in his city’s uprising against Alexander. The revolt was met with harsh reprisals and Demosthenes took his own life to prevent being arrested.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

Demosthenes’ oratory works were highly influential during the Middle Ages and Renaissance,<ref>Ibid.</ref> and inspired the authors of the ''Federalist Papers'' and the major orators of the French Revolution.<ref>Konstantinos Tsatsos, "XV" in ''Demosthenes'' (Athens: Estia, 1975), 352.</ref>

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschines Aeschines] (389 &ndash; 314 BCE) was a Greek statesman, orator, and bitter political opponent of Demosthenes. He was raised in humble circumstances and worked as an actor before becoming a member of the embassies to Philip II.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/7407/Aeschines Aeschines]," accessed November 14, 2013.</ref> He eventually provoked Philip II to establish Macedonian control over central Greece.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Unlike Demosthenes, Aeschines was more conciliatory to the Macedonians as they expanded. The two orators collided when Aeschines brought suit against a certain Ctesiphon for proposing the award of a crown to Demosthenes in recognition of his services to Athens.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Aeschines suffered a resounding defeat in the trial and subsequently left Athens for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes Rhodes] where he taught rhetoric.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== 
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Oeuvres de Demosthene & do Eschine par Auger. Fr. 5.v. 8vo." and kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Later sold by Jefferson to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 5:24 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648133;view=1up;seq=40 [no.4664]].</ref> Jefferson's copy of the 1777 edition of ''Œuvres Complettes de Démosthene et d'Eschine'' is still at the Library of Congress, but it has no definitive Wythe markings. Nevertheless, both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]" accessed on April 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing list this copy as the one which once belonged to George Wythe. Accordingly, the Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the same work into the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in quarter green calf. Spines have gilt bands and lettering. Two parts of volume two bound together. Library is missing volumes three and four.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637446450665 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991024234289703196 William & Mary's online catalog].

==See also==
*''[[Dēmosthenous Logoi Eklektoi|Dēmosthenous Logoi Eklektoi = Demosthenis Selectæ Orationes]]''
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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==External Links==
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=MEcTAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
Read volume two of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=9yAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
Read volume three of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=BoBgeEXj52YC&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />

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