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So, when it is possible for all to behold object-lessons of such a kind and on such a
scale, from which everyone would conclude that it does not pay to espouse the cause of the
people, I begin to fear that some day you may become destitute of men who will speak on
your behalf, especially when of the friends of the people some are being taken away by
man's natural destiny,1
by accident, and by the lapse of time, such as Nausicles, Chares, Diotimus, Menestheus,
and Eudoxus,2 and also Euthydicus, Ephialtes and Lycurgus,3 and others you citizens have cast forth, such as Charidemus,
Philocles4 and myself,
1 That is, death by disease.
2 Nausicles and Diotimus are mentioned in the Dem. 18.114; both are known from inscriptions to have held important commands. The surrender of Diotimus was demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C. Chares held important commands between 367 and 335 B.C. Menestheus was given command of one hundred galleys in 335 B.C., 17. 20. Eudoxus seems to be otherwise unknown.
3 Din. 1.33 names Euthydicus as one whom Demosthenes claimed as a friend. Ephialtes was one of the ten whose surrender was demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C. He died in 334 while fighting on the side of the Persians against the Macedonians. For Lycurgus see above sect. 2 note.
4 For Charidemus, leader of mercenaries, see Dem. 23, Introduction. There is extant a speech of Deinarchus Against Philocles （Din. Phil.）. The latter was associated with Demosthenes in admitting Harpalus to Athens with his illicit treasure. His exile was brief.
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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