To Philip

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"To Philip" is a political discourse by the Athenian orator Isocrates, urging Philip II of Macedon to lead a unified Greek campaign against Persia.

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To Philip canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oration
political discourse
work of ancient Greek literature
addressedTo Philip II of Macedon
aimsToPersuade Greeks to accept Macedonian hegemony
Philip II to assume leadership of Greece
approximateDate 4th century BC
associatedWith Greek–Persian conflicts
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars

Isocratean political thought
Macedonian expansion
author Isocrates
circulation read in educated circles of Classical Greece
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
field ancient political thought
classics
rhetoric
genre epideictic oratory
political rhetoric
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
influenced later Hellenistic political ideology
intendedAudience Philip II of Macedon
language Ancient Greek
literaryForm prose
literaryTradition Attic oratory
mainSubject Greek unity
Panhellenism
Philip II of Macedon
campaign against Persia
mentionsEntity Greek city-states
Persian Empire
linked to: Persian Empires
philosophicalTheme Panhellenic ideology
linked to: Hellenism

relationship between power and justice
role of monarchy in Greece
placeOfOrigin Athens
politicalAim leadership of Philip II over Greece
military expedition against the Persian Empire
unification of the Greek city-states
politicalContext decline of independent Greek city-states
rise of Macedon under Philip II
proposedBy Isocrates
relatedWork On the Peace (Isocrates)
Panegyricus (Isocrates)
linked to: Panegyricus
rhetoricalStrategy appeal to common Greek identity
contrast between Greeks and barbarians
flattery of Philip II
secondaryAudience Greek political elites
title To Philip

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Isocrates notableWork To Philip
To Philip title To Philip