[18] And who will go bail for that? Do you not observe and consider, men of
Athens
, what season
1
of the year is upon us—the season at which certain people think it their duty to keep the
Hellespont
clear of you and hand it over to Philip? What if he quits
Thrace
and never approaches the
Chersonese
or Byzantium—for you must take that also into your reckoning—but turns up at
Chalcis
and
Megara
, just as he did at Oreus not long ago? Will it be better to make our stand here and let the war spread to
Attica
, or to contrive some employment for him away yonder? I prefer the latter.
On the Chersonese. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.
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