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In the first place, it is proved that the defendant
borrowed the thousand drachmae in Calaureia, and not the Boeotian admiral;
secondly, that Philip demanded payment of the thousand drachmae here from
Timotheus and not from the Boeotian admiral, and that Timotheus made payment and
not the Boeotian admiral; for it was quite proper that the Boeotian admiral
should receive from Timotheus the maintenance for the crews of his ships, since
the pay for the troops came out of a common contribution, and it was you,
Timotheus, who collected all the money from the allies, and you were bound to
account for it.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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