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As for the proclamation in the
Theatre, I will not insist that thousands of names have been a thousand times so
proclaimed, nor that I myself have been crowned again and again before now. But,
really now, are you so unintelligent and blind, Aeschines, that you are
incapable of reflecting that a crown is equally gratifying to the person crowned
wheresoever it is proclaimed, but that the proclamation is made in the Theatre
merely for the sake of those by whom it is conferred? For the whole vast
audience is stimulated to do service to the commonwealth, and applauds the
exhibition of gratitude rather than the recipient; and that is the reason why
the state has enacted this statute. Please take and read it.“Law[In cases
where crowns are bestowed by any of the townships, the proclamation of the
crown shall be made within the respective townships, unless the crown is
bestowed by the People of Athens
or by the Council, in which case it shall be lawful to proclaim it in the
Theatre at the Dionysia.]”
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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