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“Decree of
Demosthenes[In the
archonship of Mnesiphilus, on the thirtieth day of Hecatombaeon, the tribe
Pandionis then holding the presidency, Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, of
Paeania, proposed that, whereas Philip has sent ambassadors and has agreed
to articles of peace, it be resolved by the Council and People of Athens, with a view to the ratification
of the peace as accepted by vote of the first Assembly, to choose at once
five ambassadors from all the citizens; and that those so elected repair
without delay wheresoever they ascertain Philip to be, and take and
administer to him the oaths with all dispatch according to the articles
agreed on between him and the People of Athens, including the allies on either side. The
ambassadors chosen were Eubulus of Anaphlystus, Aeschines of Cothocidae,
Cephisophon of Rhamnus, Democrates of Phlya, Cleon of Cothocidae.]”
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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