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Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 107 (search)
Again, it cannot possibly be alleged that it was natural that
you should be hoodwinked and misled. For even though you had no other basis of
calculation, even though you were unable of yourselves to grasp the state of
affairs, you had before your eyes the example of those people at Olynthus. What has Philip done for them?
And how are they treating him? He restored Potidaea to them, not at a time when he was no longer able to
keep them out, as Cersobleptes restored the Chersonesus to you; no,—after spending a great deal
of money on his war with you, when he had taken Potidaea, and could have kept it if he chose, he made them a
present of the place, without even attempting any other course
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 110 (search)
I am informed that
Aristocrates will also say something to the same effect as a speech once made in
the Assembly by Aristomachus,—that it is inconceivable that
Cersobleptes would ever deliberately provoke your enmity by trying to rob you of
the Chersonesus, because, even if he
should take it and hold it, it will be of no use to him. Indeed when that
country is not at war, its revenue is no more than thirty talents, and when it
is at war, not a single talent. On the other hand the revenue of his ports,
which, in the event supposed, would be blockaded, is more than two hundred
talents. They wonder,—as they will put it,—what he could
possibly mean by preferring small returns and a war with you, when he might get
larger returns and be your fr
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 149 (search)
First of all, he was hired by Iphicrates, and drew
pay in his army for more than three years. When you had cashiered Iphicrates,
and dispatched Timotheus as commander-in-chief to Amphipolis and the Chersonesus, the man's first performance was
to surrender to the Amphipolitans those hostages of theirs whom Iphicrates had
taken from Harpalus, and put under his care, although you had ordered them to be
conveyed to Athens. That act
prevented you from occupying Amphipolis. Secondly, when Timotheus in his turn wanted to hire
him and his troops, he refused the engagement, and repaired by sea to Cotys,
taking with him your light galleys, though he was perfectly well aware that
Cotys was the most bitter enemy you had in the world.
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 150 (search)
Subsequently, after the decision of Timotheus to take the
operations against Amphipolis
before those against the Chersonesus,
finding that there was no mischief he could do you in that country, he again
hired himself out,—this time to the Olynthians, who were your enemies
and were then holding Amphipolis. He set sail from Cardia for Amphipolis, with the intention of
fighting against Athens, but on the
voyage he was captured by our fleet. But in view of the needs of the hour, and
because mercenaries were wanted for the war against Amphipolis, instead of being punished
for his refusal to deliver the hostages, and for deserting with the light
galleys to your enemy Cotys, guarantees were exchanged, and he entered the
campaign as your auxiliary
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 153 (search)
After a certain lapse
of time, when the war with Cotys had already broken out, he sent a letter to
you; or rather, not to you but to Cephisodotus, for, being conscious of his
transgressions, he was very much of the opinion that the beguilement of
Athens was a task beyond his own
powers. In this letter he undertook to recover the Chersonesus for Athens; but his real intention was exactly the opposite. You
must be informed of the nature of this epistolary transaction,—it is
not a long story—and so get an insight into the fashion of this man's
dealings with you from first to la
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 156 (search)
When he realized what trouble he was
in, and came to the conclusion that he would be reduced by famine, if by no
other means, he made the discovery, whether by suggestion or by his own wits,
that his only chance of salvation lay where there is salvation for everybody.
And where is that? In your good-nature, if that is the right term, men of
Athens,—or call it
what you will. Having reached that conclusion, he dispatched the letter to
you,—and it is worth your while to hear it read. His desire was, by
means of a promise to recover the Chersonesus for you, and on the pretence that such was also the
wish of Cephisodotus, as an enemy of Cotys and Iphicrates, to get a supply of
galleys from you, and so scuttle safely out of As
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 158 (search)
Having gained this unaccountable and
unforeseen deliverance, Charidemus crossed the sea to the Chersonesus without your authority by reason
of the armistice; but then, so far from attacking Cotys,—although he
had told you in his letter that Cotys would not repel his attack,—and
so far from helping you to recover the Chersonesus, he entered the service of Cotys once more, and
began to beleaguer yoChersonesus, he entered the service of Cotys once more, and
began to beleaguer your last remaining strongholds, Crithote and Elaeus. You
will find proof in his route across the straits that he had already decided on
this action at the time when he was in Asia and was sending you the letter, and therefore that he was
cheating you; for he crossed from Abydus, a place always hostile to you, and the base from which
Sestus was captured, to Sestus, which was in the possession of Cot
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 159 (search)
Yet you must not imagine that either the Abydenes or
the people at Sestus would have admitted him, after that letter had been sent to
you, if they had not been aware that he was cheating you, or if they had not
been actually parties to the deception. They wanted you to provide a safe
passage for the troops, and then, after the passage, to get the use of them for
their own purposes; as in fact they did, when Artabazus had granted a
safe-conduct.—To prove that such are the facts read the
letters,—I mean the letter sent by Charidemus, and those that came
from the authorities in the Chersonesus.—You will learn from them that the facts are
so.—Read.
Letter
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 162 (search)
You see how
testimony comes in from every quarter that, when he crossed the straits, he was
not marching to attack Cotys but to join Cotys in attacking us. Now here is just
one letter more that you must read; but never mind the rest. For it has, I
suppose, become quite clear now that he has cheated you. Read.
Letter
Stop. Now reflect how, after writing that
he would recover the Chersonesus, he
took the pay of your enemies, and tried to rob you of your remaining possessions
there; and how, after writing that Alexander had sent envoys to him but that he
had refused to see them, he was found behaving exactly like Alexander's
filibusters. So much for your single-minded well-wisher; the man who is
incapable of writing lies or practising deceit!
Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, section 166 (search)
Afterwards,
when we set sail—,no, it was not to attack any part of Thrace, or any fortress there. For this at
least no man can say: “Ah, yes; he did do a little
damage,—in self-defence, you know, and to protect himself.”
That is not true; we never went to any place in Thrace; we went to Alopeconnesus, and that is in the Chersonesus and used to belong to
you,—a headland running out towards Imbros, a long way from Thrace; a place swarming with robbers and