Demosthenes, On the Treaty with Alexander, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 22

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[22] But was not the conduct of the Macedonians as stupid as it was lawless, when they committed such a gross violation of their oaths as deservedly went near to cost them their right to command at sea?¹ Even as it is, they have supplied us with this unquestionable claim against them, whenever we choose to press it. For surely their violation of the joint agreement is not lessened because they have now ceased to offend.

On the Treaty with Alexander. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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On the Treaty with Alexander (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 πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 22 focus

[22] πῶς δʼ οὐχ ἅμα τε παρενόμουν ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἀναίσθητοι ἦσαν, οἵ γε τηλικοῦτον παρέβησαν τῶν ὅρκων, ὃ παρʼ ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι δικαίως τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν ἡγεμονίαν; καὶ νῦν ἔτι παραδεδώκασι τοῦτο τὸ δίκαιον ἀνεγκλήτως ἡμῖν, ὅταν βουληθῶμεν πράττειν· οὐ γὰρ ὅτι ἐπαύσαντʼ ἐξαμαρτάνοντες, ἧττόν τι δήπου παραβεβήκασι τὰς κοινὰς ὁμολογίας.

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On the Treaty with Alexander

1. The Congress gave Alexander the command of the Greek forces on sea as well as on land. If the Macedonians provoked the Athenians, who provided the greater part of a united Greek fleet, he might lose this command.

Demosthenes On the Treaty with Alexander 22

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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