Ci'neas
(
*Kine/as), a Thessalian, is mentioned by Demosthenes, in a well-known passage (
de Cor. p. 324), as one of those who, for the sake of private gain, became the instruments of Philip of Macedon in sapping the independence of their country. Polybius (
17.14) censures Demosthenes for bringing so sweeping a charge against a number of distinguished men; but he does not enter specially into the question with respect to Cineas and the Thessalians. (Comp. Dem.
de Cor. p. 245,
de Checrs. p. 105;
Diod. 16.38,
69.)
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