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[18] Such was the state of mind of the citizens: the enemy was in control of land and sea; your financial resources were exhausted, while the Persian king was supplying them with funds; furthermore, ninety ships had come from Phoenicia¹ to Aspendus² and were prepared to aid the Lacedaemonians. By so many misfortunes and such perils was the city beset

1 The Persian king depended largely upon Phoenicia for ships of war.

2 Aspendus, a town in Asia Minor, in Pamphylia, was situated on the river Eurymedon.

Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.

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