biography
pronunciation:
[demadeez]
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| lived:
| (c.380–319 BC)
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| biography:
| Athenian orator and politician. A bitter enemy to Demosthenes, he supported Philip II of Macedon, and after the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) secured an honourable peace. In 332 BC, after Antipater had crushed a revolt against Macedonian rule, Demades procured the death of Demosthenes and his followers, but was himself executed by Cassander, the son of Antipater. |
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