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§§ 181—187. contain the spurious “decree of Demosthenes.” Its date, the 16th of Scirophorion (June or July), once brought hopeless confusion into the chronology of the campaign before Chaeronea. See Clinton, Fast. Hellen. II. under 338 B.C. The real decree was passed in the autumn or early winter of 339—338 B.C., the year of the Archon Lysimachides. The style of the document is a ridiculous parody of that of Demosthenes (see § 182). Lord Brougham's remarks on this document, written of course in full faith in its genuineness, are now interesting. He says (p. 181): “The style of this piece is full of dignity, and the diction perfectly simple as well as chaste, with the solemnity of a state paper, but without the wordiness or technicality.”
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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