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[3] He easily accomplished everything because of man's greed. In fact he persuaded even the Thessalians, who were held in highest esteem amongst the allies, by bribes to maintain the peace. In his dealings with the Phocians also he arrested and executed those who opposed him and confiscated their property. After invading the territory of the enemy1 he took Thronion2 by storm and reduced its inhabitants to slavery, and having intimidated the Amphissans3 by threats he forced them to submit.

1 The Locrians.

2 In Epicnemidian Locris. Alponus, Thronion, and Nicaea were posts controlling the roads to Thermopylae held by Phocians (cp. Aeschin. 2.132; Dem. 19.83).

3 In Ozolian Locris. Cp. Plut. Mulierum Virtutes 249e-f.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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