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And it happened by a
piece of good luck that you were persuaded by the politicians to despatch troops
into Acarnania,1 and the defendant
Olympiodorus was among those called to service, and he departed with the others
on the expedition. Thus had come about, as we thought, an excellent ground for
postponement, the defendant being abroad on military service.
1 Acarnania was a state on the west coast of Greece, north of the Gulf of Corinth.
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