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To prove the truth of these statements,
please read the decree of Callisthenes and Philip's letter, which will make
every point clear.“Decree[In the archonship of Mnesiphilus, at an
extraordinary assembly convened by the Generals and the Presidents, with the
approval of the Council, on the twenty-first day of Maemacterion,
Callisthenes, son of Eteonicus of Phalerum, proposed that no Athenian be
allowed upon any pretext whatsoever to pass the night in the country, but
only in the City and Peiraeus, except those stationed in the garrison; that
the latter keep each the post assigned to him, leaving it neither by day nor
by night.”
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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