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Browsing named entities in Demosthenes, Speeches 1-10.
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Peloponnesus (Greece) (search for this): speech 9, section 17
but for my part, so far from
admitting that in acting thus he is not observing the peace with you, I assert
that when he lays hands on Megara,
sets up tyrannies in Euboea, makes his
way, as now, into Thrace, hatches plots
in the Peloponnese, and carries out all
operations with his armed force, he is breaking the peace and making war upon
you—unless you are prepared to say that men who bring up the
siege-engines are keeping the peace until they actually bring them to bear on
the walls. But you will not admit that; for he who makes and devises the means
by which I may be captured is at war with me, even though he has not yet hurled
a javelin or shot a bolt
Megara (Greece) (search for this): speech 9, section 17
but for my part, so far from
admitting that in acting thus he is not observing the peace with you, I assert
that when he lays hands on Megara,
sets up tyrannies in Euboea, makes his
way, as now, into Thrace, hatches plots
in the Peloponnese, and carries out all
operations with his armed force, he is breaking the peace and making war upon
you—unless you are prepared to say that men who bring up the
siege-engines are keeping the peace until they actually bring them to bear on
the walls. But you will not admit that; for he who makes and devises the means
by which I may be captured is at war with me, even though he has not yet hurled
a javelin or shot a bolt
Athens (Greece) (search for this): speech 10, section 17
It is not so, but it is to win these
prizes that he devotes his activities to all those other objects. Therefore each must know and feel in his own mind the
truth of this, but you must not, of course, call for a declaration of war from
the statesman who is trying, in all honesty, to give you the best advice; for
that would be the act of men who want to find someone to fight with, not of men
who seek the interests of their state.To
propose war on Philip would be dangerous to the speaker, as explained in the
speech Dem. 8.68, and unnecessary, as Philip is
already at war with Athens.
Olynthus (search for this): speech 1, section 18
For
if you send a marauding expedition, he will stand on the defensive until he has
made himself master of Olynthus,
and then he will easily march to the relief of his own territory; or if you
confine yourselves to helping Olynthus, he will know that his base is secure and will give
close and undivided attention to his operations, until at last he overcomes the
resistance of thl he has
made himself master of Olynthus,
and then he will easily march to the relief of his own territory; or if you
confine yourselves to helping Olynthus, he will know that his base is secure and will give
close and undivided attention to his operations, until at last he overcomes the
resistance of the besieged. Our expedition, you see, must be on a large scale
and twofold.
Athens (Greece) (search for this): speech 3, section 18
So now: someone's suggestion is not the
best possible. Then let someone else get up and make a better, not blame the
first speaker. Suppose the second suggestion is an improvement. Then act upon
it, and success attend it! But, you say, it is not a pleasant one. The speaker
is not to blame for that—unless he leaves out the necessary
prayer!The Athenians were too prone to rely
on the efficacy of a prayer or pious wish, such as orators were fond of
introducing into their speeches. Yes, men of Athens, it is easy to pray, cramming all
our wants into one short petition. But to choose, when choice of action is put
before you, is no such child's-play, because you have to choose the best course
rather than the pleasantest, if you cannot have both at once
Hellespont (Turkey) (search for this): speech 8, section 18
what seasonThe
season of the Etesian winds; see Dem.
8.14. of the year is upon us—the season at which
certain people think it their duty to keep the Hellespont clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he
quits Thrace and never approaches the
Chersonese or
Byzantium—for you must take that also into your
reckoning—but turns up at Chalcis and Megara,
just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here
and let the war spread to Attica, or to
contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the la
Attica (Greece) (search for this): speech 8, section 18
what seasonThe
season of the Etesian winds; see Dem.
8.14. of the year is upon us—the season at which
certain people think it their duty to keep the Hellespont clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he
quits Thrace and never approaches the
Chersonese or
Byzantium—for you must take that also into your
reckoning—but turns up at Chalcis and Megara,
just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here
and let the war spread to Attica, or to
contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the la
Thrace (Greece) (search for this): speech 8, section 18
what seasonThe
season of the Etesian winds; see Dem.
8.14. of the year is upon us—the season at which
certain people think it their duty to keep the Hellespont clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he
quits Thrace and never approaches the
Chersonese or
Byzantium—for you must take that also into your
reckoning—but turns up at Chalcis and Megara,
just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here
and let the war spread to Attica, or to
contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the la
Chersonese (Ukraine) (search for this): speech 8, section 18
what seasonThe
season of the Etesian winds; see Dem.
8.14. of the year is upon us—the season at which
certain people think it their duty to keep the Hellespont clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he
quits Thrace and never approaches the
Chersonese or
Byzantium—for you must take that also into your
reckoning—but turns up at Chalcis and Megara,
just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here
and let the war spread to Attica, or to
contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the la
Chalcis (Greece) (search for this): speech 8, section 18
what seasonThe
season of the Etesian winds; see Dem.
8.14. of the year is upon us—the season at which
certain people think it their duty to keep the Hellespont clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he
quits Thrace and never approaches the
Chersonese or
Byzantium—for you must take that also into your
reckoning—but turns up at Chalcis and Megara,
just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here
and let the war spread to Attica, or to
contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the la