Demosthenes, Philippic 2, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 30

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[30] the men,¹ I say, who told you that I, being a water-drinker, was naturally a disagreeable, cross-grained fellow, and that Philip, if he got through the Pass, would do just what you would pray for, would fortify Thespiae and Plataea , and humble the Theban pride, and dig a trench across the Chersonese ² at his own charges, and restore to you Euboea and Oropus in lieu of Amphipolis . All this was said from this very platform, as I am sure you recollect, although you are not remarkable for keeping in mind those who injure you.

Philippic 2. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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Second Philippic (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. I: Olynthiacs, Philippics, Minor Public Speeches, Speech Against Leptines, I-XVII, XX. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930 (printing).)

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κατὰ Φιλίππου β΄ Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 30 focus

[30] λέγοντας ὡς ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδωρ πίνων εἰκότως δύστροπος καὶ δύσκολός εἰμί τις ἄνθρωπος, Φίλιππος δʼ, ἅπερ εὔξαισθʼ ἂν ὑμεῖς, ἂν παρέλθῃ, πράξει, καὶ Θεσπιὰς μὲν καὶ Πλαταιὰς τειχιεῖ, Θηβαίους δὲ παύσει τῆς ὕβρεως, Χερρόνησον δὲ τοῖς αὑτοῦ τέλεσιν διορύξει, Εὔβοιαν δὲ καὶ τὸν Ὠρωπὸν ἀντʼ Ἀμφιπόλεως ὑμῖν ἀποδώσει· ταῦτα γὰρ ἅπαντʼ ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἐνταῦθα μνημονεύετʼ οἶδʼ ὅτι ῥηθέντα, καίπερ ὄντες οὐ δεινοὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας μεμνῆσθαι.

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Philippic 2

1. Aeschines and, in particular, Philocrates ( Dem. 19.46 ).

2. To protect the Greek cities from the raids of the Thracians.

Demosthenes Philippic 2 30

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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