Oration · 1912

On the Naval Boards (Or. XIV)

The Athenian navy and the Persian threat, 354 BC

by Demosthenes

Translated by A. W. Pickard-Cambridge (1912)

Demosthenes' first public speech, urging Athens not to rush into war with Persia and proposing a reform of the Boards that equipped the fleet.


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