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He had even heard some Euboeans, who
were thoroughly frightened by the friendship that had been cemented between
Philip and Athens, utter these very
words: “Gentlemen of the Embassy, we know all about the terms on which
you have concluded peace with Philip, and we are aware that you have given up
Amphipolis to him, and that
he has agreed to hand over Euboea to
you.” He had also, he said, settled another matter, but he thought it
better not to mention it just yet—some of his colleagues were already
so jealous of him. This was a veiled allusion to Oropus.
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