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Another topic is derived from the consideration
of time. Thus Iphicrates, in his speech against Harmodius, says: “If,
before accomplishing anything, I had demanded the statue from you in the event
of my success, you would have granted it; will you then refuse it, now that I
have succeeded? Do not therefore make a promise when you expect something, and
break it when you have received it.”1 Again, to persuade the Thebans to allow
Philip to pass through their territory into Attica,
they were
told that “if he had made this request before helping them against the
Phocians, they would have promised; it would be absurd, therefore, if they
refused to let him through now, because he had thrown away his opportunity and
had trusted them.”
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1 Fragment of a speech of Lysias. It was proposed to put up a statue to the famous Athenian general Iphicrates in honor of his defeat of the Spartans （393 B.C.）. This was later opposed by Harmodius, probably a descendant of the tyrannicide. The speech, which is considered spurious, was called ἡ περὶ τῆς εἰκόνος.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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