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so, when the Plataeans saw the Thebans in
the city and learned that their whole body was not there, they made an attack,
overwhelmed them in battle, and destroyed them before the rest arrived to bear
them further aid; and they at once sent a messenger to you, telling of what had
been done and of their victory in the battle, and to ask for your help in case
the Thebans should ravage their country. The Athenians, when they heard what had
taken place, hastened to the aid of the Plataeans; and the Thebans, seeing that
the Athenians had come to the Plataeans' aid, returned home.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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