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Such then, in the matter of the ships, has
been the violation of the compact by the Macedonian king, in addition to the
other cases mentioned. But the most insolent and overbearing exploit of the
Macedonians was that performed quite recently, when they dared to sail into the
Piraeus, contrary to our mutual
agreement. Moreover, men of Athens,
because it was only a single war-galley, it must not be regarded as a slight
matter, but as an experiment made to see whether we should overlook it, so that
they could repeat it on a larger scale, and also as a proof that they cared as
little for these terms of agreement as for those that have been already
mentioned.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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