 In response, Demosthenes delivered one of his most effective and famous speeches, the so-called Second Philippic, attacking Philip and all his works.His ally Hegesippus then proposed that the peace should indeed be amended, such that Philip should cede Amphipolis to Athens.The Assembly, stirred by Demosthenes' oratory, passed the motion, leaving the Macedonian embassy speechless—clearly, Philip could not, and would not give up Amphipolis.