Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches

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collection of texts corpus of speeches primary source for Athenian political history primary source for classical rhetoric

Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches is the collected body of orations by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes, central to classical rhetoric and the political history of fourth-century BCE Athens.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
On Demosthenes	4
Demosthenes’ speech On the False Embassy	2
Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches canonical	1
Demosthenic corpus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9311609 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches
Context triple: [On the False Embassy, workIn, Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches]

A. On the Ancient Orators
On the Ancient Orators is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing and evaluating the style and techniques of classical Greek orators.
B. Corpus Areopagiticum
The Corpus Areopagiticum is a foundational collection of late antique Christian mystical and theological writings, influential in both Eastern Orthodox and Western medieval thought, attributed pseudonymously to Dionysius the Areopagite.
C. Cicero’s Philippics
Cicero’s Philippics are a series of speeches by the Roman orator Cicero vehemently denouncing Mark Antony and urging the Senate to defend the Republic after Julius Caesar’s assassination.
D. Ciceronian rhetorical corpus
The Ciceronian rhetorical corpus is the body of rhetorical works by the Roman statesman and orator Cicero, which collectively articulate his influential theories and practices of oratory.
E. On Isaeus
On Isaeus is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing the style and techniques of the Attic orator Isaeus.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches
Target entity description: Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches is the collected body of orations by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes, central to classical rhetoric and the political history of fourth-century BCE Athens.

A. On the Ancient Orators
On the Ancient Orators is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing and evaluating the style and techniques of classical Greek orators.
B. Corpus Areopagiticum
The Corpus Areopagiticum is a foundational collection of late antique Christian mystical and theological writings, influential in both Eastern Orthodox and Western medieval thought, attributed pseudonymously to Dionysius the Areopagite.
C. Cicero’s Philippics
Cicero’s Philippics are a series of speeches by the Roman orator Cicero vehemently denouncing Mark Antony and urging the Senate to defend the Republic after Julius Caesar’s assassination.
D. Ciceronian rhetorical corpus
The Ciceronian rhetorical corpus is the body of rhetorical works by the Roman statesman and orator Cicero, which collectively articulate his influential theories and practices of oratory.
E. On Isaeus
On Isaeus is a critical rhetorical treatise by Dionysius of Halicarnassus analyzing the style and techniques of the Attic orator Isaeus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collection of texts ⓘ corpus of speeches ⓘ primary source for Athenian political history ⓘ primary source for classical rhetoric ⓘ
hasApproximateSize	about sixty speeches in the traditional corpus ⓘ
hasAuthor	Demosthenes ⓘ
hasCanonicalNumbering	traditional numbering 1–61 in many editions ⓘ
hasInfluenced	Cicero ⓘ Roman oratory ⓘ later rhetorical theory ⓘ
hasLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasPlaceOfOrigin	Athens ⓘ
hasSubject	Athenian democracy ⓘ Athenian law and litigation ⓘ Macedonian expansion under Philip II ⓘ foreign policy of Athens ⓘ naval policy of Athens ⓘ public finance in Athens ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
includesGenre	deliberative orations ⓘ epideictic orations ⓘ forensic orations ⓘ
includesWork	Against Aristocrates ⓘ Against Leptines ⓘ Against Meidias ⓘ Against Timocrates ⓘ First Philippic ⓘ linked to: Philippics (Demosthenes) Fourth Philippic ⓘ linked to: Philippics (Demosthenes) Olynthiac 1 ⓘ linked to: Olynthiacs Olynthiac 2 ⓘ linked to: Olynthiacs Olynthiac 3 ⓘ linked to: Olynthiacs On the Chersonese ⓘ On the Crown ⓘ On the Embassy ⓘ On the False Embassy ⓘ On the Symmories ⓘ Second Philippic ⓘ linked to: Philippics (Demosthenes) Third Philippic ⓘ linked to: Philippics (Demosthenes)
includesWorkAttributedTo	Demosthenes ⓘ Pseudo-Demosthenes ⓘ
isCentralTo	classical rhetoric ⓘ political history of fourth-century BCE Athens ⓘ
isEditedIn	modern critical editions ⓘ
isPreservedIn	medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
isStudiedIn	ancient history ⓘ classics ⓘ political theory ⓘ rhetorical studies ⓘ

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