Demosthenes – Historic Print
![Demosthenes, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cd0f0c7a55b4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Demosthenes in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Demosthenes
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Demosthenes, the Athenian orator and statesman, spent much of the 4th century BC warning his fellow citizens about the rising power of Philip II of Macedon. His speeches against Philip, known as the Philippics, were admired in antiquity for their force and precision, and later writers preserved the tradition that he trained his voice by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. The caption card gives no date, so this print's age cannot be fixed from the record. Portraits of Demosthenes generally descend from Roman copies of lost Greek sculptures made long after his death.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. Sources checked: LC/AZ. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,197 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156648 |
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