<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century B.C., against Philip, king of Macedon.</li><li>any of the 14 orations delivered by Cicero against Marc Antony (44-43 B.C.).</li><li>(lowercase) any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation.</li></ul>