Demosthenes, Philip’s Letter, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 10

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[10] However, if I may mention two instances to the exclusion of the rest, you gave your citizenship to Evagoras¹ of Cyprus and to Dionysius² of Syracuse , to them and their descendants. Now, if you can persuade either of these peoples to restore their exiled tyrants, then you may apply to me for as much of Thrace as was ruled by Teres and Cersobleptes. But if you have not a word to say against those who overthrew Evagoras and Dionysius, but persist in harassing me, have I not a perfect right to defend myself against you.

Philip’s Letter. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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Philip’s Letter (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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ἐπιστολή [Φιλίππου] Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 10 focus

[10] οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ εἰ δεῖ πάντα τἄλλα παραλιπόντα συντόμως εἰπεῖν, ὑμεῖς ἔδοτε πολιτείαν Εὐαγόρᾳ τῷ Κυπρίῳ καὶ Διονυσίῳ τῷ Συρακοσίῳ καὶ τοῖς ἐκγόνοις τοῖς ἐκείνων. ἐὰν οὖν πείσητε τοὺς ἐκβαλόντας ἑκατέρους αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι πάλιν τὰς ἀρχὰς τοῖς ἐκπεσοῦσι, κομίζεσθε καὶ παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν Θρᾴκην, ὅσης Τήρης καὶ Κερσοβλέπτης ἦρχον. εἰ δὲ τοῖς μὲν ἐκείνων κρατήσασι μηδʼ ἐγκαλεῖν ἀξιοῦτε μηδέν, ἐμὲ δʼ ἐνοχλεῖτε, πῶς οὐ δικαίως ὑμᾶς ἀμυνοίμην ἄν;

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Philip’s Letter

1. If this is the younger Evagoras, Philip’s history is inaccurate. He was expelled from Cyprus , and helped Artaxerxes to recover the island after the revolt, but he was never reinstated. His grandfather, of the same name, the friend and helper of Conon , was made an Athenian citizen.

2. The younger, expelled by Dion in 356 and by Timoleon in 343.

Demosthenes Philip’s Letter 10

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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