Demosthenes, Philip’s Letter, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 2

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[2] In the first place, when Nicias, my herald, was kidnapped¹ from my territory, you not only failed to bring the law-breakers to justice, but you kept the victim a prisoner for ten months, and the letters from me, of which he was the bearer, you read before your Assembly. Next, when the Thasians opened their harbor to the Byzantine war-galleys and to any pirates that chose to touch there, you ignored the incident, in spite of the clauses expressly denouncing such acts as hostile.

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.) — 2 focus

[2] πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ Νικίου τοῦ κήρυκος ἁρπασθέντος ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῆς ἐμῆς, οὐχ ὅτι τοῖς παρανομοῦσιν ἐπετιμήσατε τὴν δίκην, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀδικούμενον εἵρξατε δέκα μῆνας· ἃς δʼ ἔφερε παρʼ ἡμῶν ἐπιστολάς, ἀνέγνωτʼ ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος. ἔπειτα Θασίων ὑποδεχομένων τὰς Βυζαντίων τριήρεις καὶ τῶν λῃστῶν τοὺς βουλομένους οὐδὲν ἐφροντίζετε, τῶν συνθηκῶν διαρρήδην λεγουσῶν πολεμίους εἶναι τοὺς ταῦτα ποιοῦντας.

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Philip’s Letter

1. Nothing is known of this incident. The letters were obviously not intended for Athenian ears.

Demosthenes Philip’s Letter 2

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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