Ἐπιτάφιος Λόγος

Funeral Oration

Author

Demosthenes

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

338 BCE

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Demosthenes's "Funeral Oration" was delivered between August and September of 338 BC, just after the Battle of Chaeronea. It and the Erotic Essay are the only two surviving epideictic orations of Demosthenes.