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For take the case of the Olynthians; when he was five
miles from their city, he told them there must be one of two things, either they
must cease to reside in Olynthus,
or he in Macedonia, though on all
previous occasions, when accused of hostile intentions, he indignantly sent
ambassadors to justify his conduct. Again, when he was marching against the
Phocians, he still pretended that they were his allies, and Phocian ambassadors
accompanied him on his march, and most people here at Athens contended that his passage through
Thermopylae1 would be anything but a gain to
the Thebans.
1 In July 346, when the Phocians were holding Thermopylae against Philip, the Athenians refused to help them, being misled by Aeschines and Philocrates, who represented that Philip's real hostility was directed against the Thebans. See Dem. 18.35 and Dem. 5.10.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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