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Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, section 28 (search)
This man is a
hireling, Athenians, a hireling of long standing. It was he who summoned from
Thebes the embassy coming to us
from Philip and was responsible for finishing the first war.The first war with Macedon （349-346 B.C.） was undertaken by Athens and Olynthus against Philip. Even before
Olynthus was taken the
king made overtures of peace, and it was Philocrates who proposed in
Athens that these
negotiations should begin. However, after the fall of Olynthus in 348, the Athenians tried
to unite other Greek states against Philip, and it was not until this
attempt had failed that Demosthenes acquiesced in peace proposals. In 347 he
defended Philocrates, who was accused of illegality in making his first
peace proposals, and hi