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More
than that, Athenians, you will be depriving Philip of his principal source of
revenue. And what is that? For the war against you he makes your allies pay by
raiding their sea-borne commerce. Is there any further advantage? Yes, you will
be out of reach of injury yourselves. Your past experience will not be repeated,
when he threw a force into Lemnos and
Imbros and carried your citizens away captive, when he seized the shipping at
Geraestus and levied untold sums, or, to crown all, when he landed at Marathon
and bore away from our land the sacred trireme,1 while you are still powerless to prevent
these insults or to send your expeditions at the appointed times.
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