[16] I am asking you, Athenians, to listen to my accusation to the end and not to be impatient if I begin with the history of
Athens
at the time under discussion; you may reserve your anger for the men whose fault it is that I am now compelled to recall those happenings. After the battle of
Chaeronea
you all gathered hastily to the Assembly, and the people decreed that the women and children should be brought from the countryside inside the walls and that the generals should appoint any Athenians or other residents at
Athens
to defence duties as they thought fit.
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Against Leocrates. Lycurgus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.
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