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Now read the letter sent to Athens afterwards by Philip.“Letter[Philip, King of Macedonia, to the Council and People of Athens, greeting. Know that we have
passed within the Gates, and have subdued the district of Phocis. We have put garrisons in all the
fortified places that surrendered voluntarily; those that did not obey we
have stormed and razed to the ground, selling the inhabitants into slavery.
Hearing that you are actually preparing an expedition to help them, I have
written to you to save you further trouble in this matter. Your general
policy strikes me as unreasonable, to agree to peace, and yet take the field
against me, and that although the Phocians were not included in the ill
terms upon which we agreed. Therefore if you decline to abide by your
agreements, you will gain no advantage save that of being the
aggressors.]”
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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