Demosthenes, For the People of Megalopolis, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 30

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[30] Then again I think that you must bear this in mind, that if you reject the Megalopolitans and they are overthrown and decentralized,¹ the Lacedaemonians can at once be a great power, or if they do escape destruction—for such miracles have happened before now—they are bound to be the staunch friends of Thebes ; but if you accept them as allies, Megalopolis will indeed owe its immediate deliverance to you, but we must put on one side all calculation of risk, and consider what will be the effect upon our relations with Thebes and Sparta .

For the People of Megalopolis. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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For the People of Megalopolis (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 Μεγαλοπολιτῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 30 focus

[30] οἶμαι τοίνυν ἔγωγε κἀκεῖνʼ ἐνθυμεῖσθαι δεῖν, ὅτι μὴ προσδεξαμένων μὲν ὑμῶν τοὺς Μεγαλοπολίτας, ἐὰν μὲν ἀναιρεθῶσι καὶ διοικισθῶσιν, ἰσχυροῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ἔστιν εὐθὺς εἶναι, ἐὰν δὲ σωθῶσιν ἄρα, ὡς ἤδη τι καὶ παρʼ ἐλπίδας ἐξέβη, βέβαιοι σύμμαχοι Θηβαίων δικαίως ἔσονται· ἂν δὲ προσδέξησθε, τούτοις μὲν ὑπάρξει ἤδη σωθῆναι διʼ ὑμᾶς, τὸ δὲ συμβησόμενον, τὸν τοῦ κινδύνου λογισμὸν μετενεγκόντες, σκοπῶμεν ἐπὶ Θηβαίων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων.

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For the People of Megalopolis

1. By destroying their metropolis and compelling them to live in scattered and unwalled villages.

Demosthenes For the People of Megalopolis 30

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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