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The peace was broken by Philip, when he seized those
merchantmen; not by Athens,
Aeschines. Produce the decrees, and Philip's letter, and read them in their
proper order. They will show who was responsible for each several
proceeding.“Decree[In the archonship of Neocles, in the month Boedromion,
at an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly convened by the Generals,
Eubulus, son of Mnesitheus, of Coprus, proposed that, whereas the generals
have announced in the assembly that the admiral Leodamas and the twenty
ships under his command, sent to the Hellespont to convoy corn, have been removed to Macedon by Philip's officer, Amyntas, and
are there kept in custody, it shall be the concern of the presidents and of
the generals that the Council be convened and ambassadors chosen to go to
Philip;”
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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