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When Philip was driven out of Euboea by your arms, and
also,—though these men choke themselves with their
denials,—by my policy and my decrees, he cast about for a second plan
of attack against Athens; and
observing that we consume more imported corn than any other nation, he proposed
to get control of the carrying trade in corn. He advanced towards Thrace, and the first thing he did was to
claim the help of the Byzantines as his allies in the war against you. When they
refused, declaring with entire truth that the terms of alliance included no such
obligation, he set up a stockade against their city, planted artillery, and
began a siege.
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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