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Philippic
A severs scolding; an invective. So called from the orations of
Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon, to rouse the Athenians to resist
his encroachments. The orations of Cicero against Anthony are called
“Philippies.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Philippic from Infoplease:
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