 On the Crown

On the Crown (, "Hyper Ktēsiphōntos peri tou Stephanou") is the most famous judicial oration of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes, delivered in 330 BC.Despite the unsuccessful ventures against Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the Athenian people still respected and admired Demosthenes, maybe even more than the pro-Macedonian politicians, especially Demades and Phocion, who ruled the city during this period.