One group of Athenians seems, after 346…
344 BCE
One group of Athenians seems, after 346 BCE, to want war against Persia, and this entails good relations with Philip.
Demosthenes, who constantly works against this policy, argues that Philip is untrustworthy; he points out that Philip is a persistent peace breaker, as, for instance, in the Peloponnese and on Euboea.
Demosthenes is one of several ambassadors sent out on a futile tour of the Peloponnesus to enlist support against Philip.
Philip n retaliation protests to Athens about certain statements made by these ambassadors.
Demosthenes' Second Philippic in 344 BCE retorts that he would never have agreed to the Peace of Philocrates if he had known that Philip would not honor his word; moreover, he asserts, Aeschines and others have lulled the Athenians into a false sense of security.
He persuades the Athenians to reject a proposed renegotiation of the peace terms offered by Philip in the person of an orator from Byzantium called Python.