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Ephialtes put to sea. Admittedly he
hated Demosthenes but he was compelled to have a partner in public affairs.
Fortune robbed the city of this man too.1 Euthydicus2 elected to work for the people.
Demosthenes claimed to be his friend. He too was lost. Do not these facts, which
you see and know better than I do, give you cause for thought? Do they not make
you weigh up your future prospects in the light of the past and reflect in your
own minds that this man is of no use except to our enemies, against the
interests of the city ... ?
1 The facts are here distorted. Ephialtes, one of the orators whose surrender was demanded by Alexander in 335 B.C. （Arr. 1.104）, was a supporter of Demosthenes and, according to the Pseudo-Plutarch, brought back money for the demagogues from the Persian court （Plut. Vit. Dem. 847 F and 848 E）. He was killed while helping the Persians to defend Halicarnassus against Alexander （Dio. Sic. 17.27）.
2 No details are known of Euthydicus. He seems to be mentioned as an Athenian patriot together with Ephialtes and Lycurgus in the third letter of Demosthenes （Dem. L 3.31）, where however the MSS. have Εὔδιλκον.
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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