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On the Crown
also: For Ctesiphon, De Corona, ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown (For Ctesiphon, 330 BC), the acknowledged masterpiece of Greek oratory; Pliny names his own Attia Viriola speech a counterpart to it.
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- The Letters §6.33.11 On Behalf of Ctesiphon
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown (For Ctesiphon, 330 BC), the masterpiece of Greek oratory, which Pliny names as the model his speech rivals.