Demosthenes On the Treaty with Alexander 24

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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

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Current edition Perseus

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).)

Editions (1)
περὶ τῶν πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον συνθηκῶν Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 24 focus

Notes on the current edition

On the Treaty with Alexander

1. The disloyal politicians wish to put Athens at a disadvantage by urging her to keep the compact justly while allowing the Macedonians to break it unjustly. Now if Athens can afford to do this and yet keep her position, it proves that she could easily beat her enemies if she concentrated on her own interests.