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In the same way by agreement
with Philip we have waived our claim to Amphipolis, and we are permitting Cardia1 to be excepted from the
rest of the Chersonese, the Carian2 to
occupy the islands of Chios, Cos, and
Rhodes, and the Byzantines to
detain our ships3 in harbor, obviously because we think
that the respite which the peace affords is more productive of advantages than
wrangling and coming to blows over these points. Therefore it is sheer folly and
perversity, after dealing with the powers one by one on matters of vital concern
to ourselves, to challenge them all together to fight about this phantom at
Delphi.
1 Cardia, largely inhabited by Athenian colonists, was included in the peace of 346 as an ally of Philip.
2 Idrieus, satrap of Caria, brother and successor of the famous Mausolus, who had helped the islands in their revolt from Athens in the Social War of 357—355.
3 Corn—ships from the Euxine forced to pay toll at Byzantium.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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