Demosthenes, On the Navy-Boards, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 31

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[31] Again, what frightens some of you—that his wealth will attract a large mercenary army—does not strike me as true. For although I believe that many Greeks would consent to serve in his pay against the Egyptians and Orontes¹ and other barbarians, not so much to enable him to subdue any of those enemies as to win for themselves wealth and relief from their present poverty, yet I do not think that any Greek would attack Greece . For where would he retire afterwards? Will he go to Phrygia and be a slave?

On the Navy-Boards. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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On the Navy-Boards (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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περὶ τῶν συμμοριῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 31 focus

[31] καὶ μὴν οὐδʼ ὅ τινες δεδίασι, μὴ ξενικὸν πολὺ συστήσηται χρήματʼ ἔχων, ἀληθὲς εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἡγοῦμαι ἐπὶ μὲν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Ὀρόνταν καί τινας τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων πολλοὺς ἂν ἐθελῆσαι τῶν Ἑλλήνων μισθοφορεῖν παρʼ ἐκείνῳ, οὐχ ἵνʼ ἐκεῖνος ἕλῃ τινὰ τούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνʼ εὐπορίαν τινʼ ἕκαστος ἑαυτῷ κτησάμενος ἀπαλλαγῇ τῆς ὑπαρχούσης πενίας· ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ἕλληνʼ οὐδένʼ ἂν ἐλθεῖν ἡγοῦμαι. ποῖ γὰρ αὐτὸς τρέψεται μετὰ ταῦτα;

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On the Navy-Boards

1. Egypt had been in revolt for many years, and in 363 most of the satraps of western Asia , including Orontes, satrap of Mysia , joined in the rebellion. Agesilaus, Iphicrates and Chabrias were among the Greek generals who took part on one side or the other.

Demosthenes On the Navy-Boards 31

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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