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Ask him that question. He can point
to none. For he made his lying report, you believed it, the Phocians heard of
it, surrendered, and perished, all within a period of five days only. Hence it
is clearly evident that the ruin of the Phocians was nothing but a concoction of
deceit and artifice. For during the time when Philip was unable to march by
reason of the peace, but was already laying his plans, he sent for the
Lacedaemonians, promising to do everything for them, so that the Phocians might
not, through your agency, secure their help.
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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