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For neither Simon nor Bianor, both of whom
had been admitted to your citizenship, and who were, apart from that, thoroughly
well affected towards you, was likely to take the field against a general of
yours while Athenodorus, an Athenian citizen by birthright, would never dream of
doing so, nor would he incur the criminal charge set up by the decree, which
would certainly be brought against those commanders, if anything happened to
Charidemus. By these means, the kings being denuded of allies, and impunity
provide for themselves, they hoped easily to drive them out and seize the
monarchy.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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