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Thus by
rejecting this man from his spokesmanship, and giving the appointment to
another, the Council branded him as a traitor and an enemy to the
people.So much for one of his spirited
performances. Is it not just like the charges he brings against me? Now let me
remind you of another. Philip had sent to us Pytho of Byzantium in company with an embassy representing all his
allies, hoping to bring dishonor upon Athens and convict her of injustice. Pytho was mightily confident, denouncing you
with a full spate of eloquence, but I did not shrink from the encounter. I stood
up and contradicted him, refusing to surrender the just claims of the
commonwealth, and proving that Philip was in the wrong so conclusively that his
own allies rose and admitted I was right; but Aeschines took Philip's side
throughout, and bore witness, even false witness, against his own country.
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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