[239] But this same man, overtaken by the dangers which are now upon him,
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sent, not at the request of the Athenians, but of his own accord, three hundred talents to the people, which they were wise enough to refuse. Now what brought the gold was the crisis, and his fear, and his need of allies. And this same thing it was that brought about the alliance with
Thebes
. But you, Demosthenes, tire us out with your everlasting talk of
Thebes
and of that most ill-starred alliance, while you are silent as to the seventy talents of the king’s gold which you have seized and embezzled.
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Against Ctesiphon. Aeschines. Charles Darwin Adams (Translator). London. 1919.
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