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Definition of Philippic
1. Noun. A speech of violent denunciation.
Definition of Philippic
1. n. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
Definition of Philippic
1. Noun. Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens. ¹
2. Noun. (by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Philippic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippic
Literary usage of Philippic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"First philippic or Duno- 352-351 BC We have already had before us this aspiring
man, as a public adviser in the assembly. In his first parliamentary ..."
2. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1849)
"IN the present miserably imperfect state of our information concerning the times
of Philip, the unity and date of the first philippic are questions of ..."
3. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"279 Anthony throws off the mask; threatens Cicero; First philippic; 279 Antony's
reply; arrival of Octavianus; meets Cicero at Cumae; allies himself with ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"ON THE UNITY AND DATE OF THE FIRST philippic. IN the present miserably imperfect
state of our information concerning the times of Philip, the unity and date ..."
5. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"If this were correct, we should have to divide the first philippic into two ...
has gone into a full and elaborate examination of the first philippic and ..."
6. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"The First philippic: Antony's reply: Cicero writes the Second philippic. §11.
... Brutus at Mutina: Cicero publishes his Second philippic. § 12. ..."
7. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"The First philippic: Antony's reply: Cicero writes the Second philippic. §11.
... Brutus at Mutina: Cicero publishes his Second philippic. § 12. ..."
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