Philippics
PHILIPPICS, in classical literature, a series of orations delivered by Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon. The name was applied to the speeches of Cicero against Mark Antony, and " Philippic " has passed into general use in the sense of an impassioned invective or declamation.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
