The paper discusses the perception and the level of barbarism of the tribes on this fringe of the Greek world as perceived in Greece and most notably in Athens, beginning with the explanation of their political status and degree of dependence after Philip II and during Alexander the Great's Asian campaign. How much barbarian the Odrysians were perceived depended much of the actual political situation, but generally they were accepted as important partners in the politics of the Second Athenian empire.
In 357 Philip of Macedon took Amphipolis against Athens who aided the polis. The scholars remarked only the strategic and economic purposes of the conquest, not the propagandistic use of Amphipolis-topic by anti-Macedonians and pro-Macedonians after Philocrates’ peace. This paper follows this debate and investigates how Philip’s opponents and supporters employed Amphipolis-topic in order to attack or defend the Macedonian king.
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