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To prove that Aeschines himself testifies that I have been crowned
for matters in which I was audit-free, take and read the whole of the decree
that was drawn in my favor. The proof that his prosecution is vindictive will
appear from those sentences in the provisional decree which he has not indicted.
Read.“Decree[In the archonship of Euthycles, on the twenty-third day of
Pyanepsion, the tribe Oeneis then holding the presidency, Ctesiphon, son of Leosthenes, of
Anaphlystus, proposed that, whereas Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, of
Paeania, having been appointed superintendent of the repair of the
fortifications, and having spent upon the works three talents from his
private means, has made the same a benevolence to the people; and whereas,
having been appointed treasurer of the Theatrical Fund, he gave to the
representatives of all the tribes one hundred minas for sacrifices, it be
resolved by the Council and People of Athens to commend the said Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes,
of Paeania, for his merits and for the generosity which he has constantly
displayed on every occasion towards the People of Athens, and to crown him with a golden
crown, and to proclaim the crown in the theatre at the Dionysia at the
performance of the new tragedies and that the proclamation be entrusted to
the steward of the festival.]”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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