[8]
But there is more to
come. In your decrees you order me in so many words to leave Thrace to the rule of Teres1 and Cersobleptes,
because they are Athenians. But I am not aware that these two had any share with
you in the terms of peace, or that their names were included in the inscription
set up, or that they are really Athenians. On the contrary, I know that Teres
fought with me against you, and that Cersobleptes was quite ready in private to
take the oath of allegiance to my ambassadors, but was prevented by your
generals, who denounced him as an enemy of the Athenians.
1 Not otherwise known.
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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