Demosthenes, For the Liberty of the Rhodians, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 9

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[9] To prove that there is precedent both for my proposal to free the Rhodians and for your action, if you adopt it, I will remind you of some things that you have done, and that successfully. You are the men, Athenians, who once sent Timotheus to the help of Ariobarzanes,¹ adding this clause to your instructions, provided that he does not violate our treaty with the King. Timotheus, seeing that Ariobarzanes was in open revolt from the King and that Samos was garrisoned by Cyprothemis, who had been stationed there by Tigranes, the King’s viceroy, abandoned his intention of helping the satrap, but invested the island and used his force to liberate it;

For the Liberty of the Rhodians. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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For the Liberty of the Rhodians (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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ὑπὲρ τῆς Ῥοδίων ἐλευθερίας Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 9 focus

[9] ὅτι δʼ οὐδὲν καινὸν οὔτʼ ἐγὼ λέγω νῦν κελεύων Ῥοδίους ἐλευθεροῦν, οὔθʼ ὑμεῖς, ἂν πεισθῆτέ μοι, ποιήσετε, τῶν γεγενημένων ὑμᾶς τι καὶ συνενηνοχότων ὑπομνήσω. ὑμεῖς ἐξεπέμψατε Τιμόθεόν ποτʼ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, βοηθήσοντʼ Ἀριοβαρζάνῃ, προσγράψαντες τῷ ψηφίσματι μὴ λύοντα τὰς σπονδὰς τὰς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα. ἰδὼν δʼ ἐκεῖνος τὸν μὲν Ἀριοβαρζάνην φανερῶς ἀφεστῶτα βασιλέως, Σάμον δὲ φρουρουμένην ὑπὸ Κυπροθέμιδος, ὃν κατέστησε Τιγράνης ὁ βασιλέως ὕπαρχος, τῷ μὲν ἀπέγνω μὴ βοηθεῖν, τὴν δὲ προσκαθεζόμενος καὶ βοηθήσας ἠλευθέρωσε·

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For the Liberty of the Rhodians

1. The satrap of Phrygia, who joined the revolt of the satraps in 362. He was soon afterwards betrayed and crucified.

Demosthenes For the Liberty of the Rhodians 9

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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