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Aeschines, then, was the first man in Athens, as he claimed at the time in a
speech, to perceive that Philip had designs against Greece, and was corrupting some of the magnates of Arcadia. It was he who, with Ischander, son of
Neoptolemus, as his understudy, addressed the Council, and addressed the
Assembly, on this subject, and persuaded them to send ambassadors to all the
Greek states to convene a conference at Athens for the consideration of war with Philip.
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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