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For he declared that he had
completely converted Philip to the interests of Athens in respect of the Amphictyonic question and of
everything else. He went through a long diatribe against the Thebans, which he
said he had addressed to Philip himself, recapitulating the main points. He
offered you a calculation that, thanks to his diplomacy, without leaving your
homes, without any campaigning or worry, within two or three days you would hear
the news of the beleaguerment of Thebes, independently of the rest of Boeotia,
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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