'An Oration of Demosthenes', 1890. Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Greek statesman and orator, worked as a professional speech-writer and lawyer. His orations provide insight to the politics and culture of ancient Greece in the 4th century BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]