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Demosthenes goes round none the less
maligning the council and telling the same stories about himself with which he
will probably try to mislead you presently. “I made the Thebans your
allies.”1 No, Demosthenes, you impaired the common
interest of both our states. “I brought everyone into line at
Chaeronea.” On the
contrary you yourself were the only one to leave the line at Chaeronea.2
“I served on many embassies on your behalf.”
1 In making this claim Demosthenes was referring to events just before the battle of Chaeronea when he won Thebes over to Athens by offering her more liberal terms than Philip. For his defence of this policy see Dem. 18.153 sq.
2 The charge of cowardice in battle is often brought against Demosthenes by Aeschines （e.g. Aeschin. 3.175）; it is mentioned by Plutarch （Plut. Dem. 855 A） and in the Lives of the Ten Orators （Plut. Vit. 845 F）.
Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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