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Philip II of Macedon

Philip

also: Philip, Philippus

King of Macedon 359--336 BC, father of Alexander the Great. Proverbially associated with the saying that no fortress is impregnable to which an ass laden with gold can climb, quoted by Cicero at Att. 1.16.12 of Pompey's electoral bribery. Distinct from the stub person:philip-v.

Mentioned in 14 works (15 total)

On Invention rhetoric · 1 mention

§1.17 Philip

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I speeches · 1 mention

§55 Philip

On the Manilian Law (On the Command of Pompey) speeches · 1 mention

§14 Philip

On the Agrarian Law, Second Speech speeches · 2 mentions

For Lucius Murena speeches · 1 mention

§31 Philip

Ad Atticum 1.16 letters · 1 mention

§12 Philip

On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention

§141 Philip

On the Best Kind of Orators rhetoric · 1 mention

§22 Philip

Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention

§176 Philip

On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 1 mention

§116 Philip

Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 1 mention

§42 Philip

On Divination philosophy · 1 mention

§118 Philip

On Fate philosophy · 1 mention

§5 Philip

Eleventh Philippic speeches · 1 mention

§17 Philip