Aeschines and the Peace of Philocrates

The embassies sent out by Eubulus and Aeschines summoning the Hellenes to a Congress in Athens are to be dated early in 346, and this policy for the defence of Greece was overturned by the Phocian refusal to allow Athens to defend Thermopylae. Aeschines' policy during the making of the peace is to be interpreted as an attempt to develop his earlier policy.Cawkwell George L. Aeschines and the Peace of Philocrates. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 73, fascicule 347-348, Juillet-décembre 1960. pp. 416-438

Anthemocritus and the Megarians and the decree of Charinus

The decree of Charinus (Plut. Per. 30) cannot be set in the middle of the Fourth Century, but belongs where Plutarch puts it, in 431, after the murder of the herald offering the Mystic Truce in the spring of that year.Cawkwell George L. Anthemocritus and the Megarians and the decree of Charinus. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 82, fascicule 391-393, Juillet-décembre 1969. pp. 327-335

Aeschines and the ruin of Phocis in 346

In his account of the proceedings of 13 to 16 Scirophorion 346 Demosthenes seriously misrepresented the role of Aeschines who, in fact, merely helped the Athenians to accept the inevitable consequences of Philip being already ἐν Πύλοας.Cawkwell George L. Aeschines and the ruin of Phocis in 346. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 75, fascicule 356-358, Juillet-décembre 1962. pp. 453-459

Plutarch

Plutarch’s dialogue On the daimonion of Socrates is a unique combination of exciting historical romance and serious philosophical and religious discussion: A narrator from Boeotian Thebes tells his Athenian friend how Thebes was liberated from Spartan domination in a fateful night of midwinter 379/8 BC and connects this with the retelling of a fascinating philosophical discussion about the famous daimonion of Socrates in the afternoon and evening before. Besides presenting an introduction, a revised Greek text, and a new English translation (with copious notes), the volume offers a range of essays on themes providing further insights into this masterly literary piece: on the historical, religious and philosophical background and on thematic connections with other works by Plutarch