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Some of them
would despatch the stuff from Egypt,
others would sail in charge of the shipments, while still others would remain
here in Athens and dispose of the
consignments. Then those who remained here would send letters to those abroad
advising them of the prevailing prices, so that if grain were dear in your
market, they might bring it here, and if the price should fall, they might put
in to some other port. This was the chief reason, men of the jury, why the price
of grain advanced; it was due to such letters and conspiracies.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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