This book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of athens from 386 to 322 bc taking a sympathetic view of the second athenian league sealey focuses on the career of demosthenes. Demosthenes and his time a study in defeat this book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of athens from 386 to 322 bc taking a sympathetic view of the second athenian league sealey focuses on the career of demosthenes to provide important insights into athenian politics and policies. This book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of athens from 386 to 322 bc taking a sympathetic view of the second athenian league sealey focuses on the career of demosthenes to provide important insights into athenian politics and policies demosthenes experienced repeated setbacks in his early attempts at public activity but found his mission as a statesman in the conflict with macedon and subsequently became the leading man in athens sealey rejects . This book draws on a wide range of evidence to study the history of athens from 386 to 322 bc taking a sympathetic view of the second athenian league sealey focuses on the career of demosthenes to provide important insights into athenian politics and policies demosthenes experienced repeated setbacks in his early attempts at public activity but found his mission as a statesman in the conflict with macedon and subsequently became the leading man in athens sealey rejects theories that . Demosthenes and his time a study in defeat author sealey raphael format binding hardcover book condition used very good with no dust jacket binding hardcover isbn 10 0195079280 isbn 13 9780195079289 publisher oxford university press place of publication ny date published 1993 keywords 0195079280 demosthenes political science athens athenians greek history bookseller catalogs political