Todd,
Good post! I liked your outcome at the end of your post. I agree with you that if the Athenians prepared well enough as Demosthenes urged the polis officials and its people, it would have had no chance against the Macedonians because Philip II was a good commander and politician. Therefore, some sort of demise was inevitable for the Athens and its allies. Demosthenes predicted this consequence and warned the Athens, but he disliked Philip II so much and was against him, and provoked the Athens against Phillip II. Here there is another approach about why he hated Phillip II so much that it might be jealousy. He might be jealous of Phillip II’s political and military talents because there was no talented politicians and generals in
Good post! I liked your outcome at the end of your post. I agree with you that if the Athenians prepared well enough as Demosthenes urged the polis officials and its people, it would have had no chance against the Macedonians because Philip II was a good commander and politician. Therefore, some sort of demise was inevitable for the Athens and its allies. Demosthenes predicted this consequence and warned the Athens, but he disliked Philip II so much and was against him, and provoked the Athens against Phillip II. Here there is another approach about why he hated Phillip II so much that it might be jealousy. He might be jealous of Phillip II’s political and military talents because there was no talented politicians and generals in