Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 34

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[34] to raise such another force as we had in the time of Agis,¹ when the Spartans took the field together and Achaeans and men of Elis were taking their part in the campaign with ten thousand mercenaries also; when Alexander was in India ,² according to report, and the whole of Greece , owing to the traitors in every city, was dissatisfied with the existing state of things and hoped for some release from the misfortunes that beset her. In that hour,—for I need not dwell on other crises,—

Against Demosthenes. Dinarchus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Demosthenes (English) (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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[34] συστῆσαι κατασκευὴν ἑτέραν οἵα ἐπʼ Ἄγιδος¹ ἐγένετο, ὅτε Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν ἅπαντες ἐξεστράτευσαν, Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ καὶ Ἠλεῖοι τῶν πραγμάτων ἐκοινώνουν, ὑπῆρχον δὲ ξένοι μύριοι, Ἀλέξανδρος δʼ, ὡς οἱ² λέγοντες, ἐν Ἰνδοῖς ἦν, ἡ δʼ Ἑλλὰς ἅπασα διὰ τοὺς ἐν ἑκάστῃ τῶν πόλεων προδότας ἀχθομένη τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασιν ἠσμένει μεταβολήν τινα τῶν κακῶν τῶν περιεστηκότων.

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Against Demosthenes

1. While Alexander was in the East, Agis the Third of Sparta rose against Macedon with the help of Darius in 333 B.C. In 331 he headed an army raised by various Greek states but was refused the support of Athens , on the advice of Demosthenes. Defeated near Megalopolis by Antipater he was killed in battle ( Dio. Sic. 17.48 and Dio. Sic. 17.62 ).

2. Alexander was, in fact, in Persia .

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