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and, on his refusal, he made an
attack in person on the strongholds, taking with him the forces collected by
Iphicrates as well as his barbarian troops, and engaging the services of
Charidemus. He reduced Iphicrates to such helplessness that he withdrew to
Antissa, and afterwards to
Drys, and lived there; for he did not think he could honorably return to you,
whom he had slighted for the sake of a Thracian and a barbarian. On the other
hand, he thought it dangerous to remain at the court of a king whom he had found
so negligent of his safety.
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