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“Indictment[In
the archonship of Chaerondas, on the sixth day of Elaphebolion, Aeschines,
son of Atrometus, of Cothocidae, indicted Ctesiphon, son of Leosthenes, of Anaphlystus, before the
Archon for a breach of the constitution, in that he proposed an
unconstitutional decree, to wit, that Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, of
Paeania should be crowned with a golden crown, and that proclamation should
be made in the theatre at the Great Dionysia, when the new tragedies are
produced, that “the People crown Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes,
of Paeania, with a golden crown for his merit and for the goodwill which he
has constantly displayed both towards all the Greeks and towards the people
of Athens, and also for his
steadfastness, and because he has constantly by word and deed promoted the
best interests of the people, and is forward to do whatever good he
can,””
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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