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The Thebans were suffering the closest
restriction in the Macedonian garrison1 which bound their hands
together and had even deprived them of their freedom of speech. Time buried the
power of Thebes with the body of
Epaminonidas. The Macedonians had reached their full strength, and in their
aspirations Fortune was already leading them across the sea against the throne
and treasuries of Persia.
Demades. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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