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[3] Philip's first move was to send envoys to the Boeotian League, the most eminent of whom was Pytho.1 He was celebrated for his eloquence, but judged by the Boeotians in this contest for their allegiance against Demosthenes, he surpassed all the other speakers, to be sure, but was clearly inferior to him.

1 The famous orator, a native of Byzantium, had long been in the service of Philip. Strabo (Strabo 9.2.37) states that the Corinthians also sent troops.

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