Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. John Ormiston Burtt, 14

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[14] Then too Demosthenes decided upon war, offering to his compatriots counsel which, though seemingly prudent, was in reality fraught with danger.¹ When the enemy was encamped near Attica and the country was being confined in the town, when the city, worthy to be striven for and marvelled at by all, was being filled like a stable with oxen, sheep and flocks and there was no hope of help from any quarter, I proposed the peace.

On the Twelve Years. Demades. ed. John Ormiston Burtt. London. 1954.

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[14] ἐνταῦθʼ ὁμοίως Δημοσθένης μὲν ἐκύρωσε πόλεμον, καλὴν μὲν τοῖς ὀνόμασιν, οὐ σωτήριον δὲ τοῖς ἔργοις συμβουλίαν εἰσηγησάμενος τοῖς πολίταις· ὡς δὲ πλησίον ἔστη τῆς Ἀττικῆς ὁ πολέμιος,¹ἡ χώρα δὲ εἰς τὴν πόλιν κατεκλείετο, καὶ τὸ περιμάχητον καὶ θαυμαζόμενον ὑπὸ πάντων ἄστυ βοῶν καὶ προβάτων ὥσπερ ἔπαυλις καὶ τῶν βοσκημάτων² ἐπληροῦτο, βοηθείας δʼ οὐδαμόθεν ἦν ἐλπίς, ἔγραψα τὴν εἰρήνην.

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1. After the accession of Alexander in 336 B.C. Demosthenes proposed a decree to honor Philip’s murderer, and war was imminent. But in the same year, when Alexander entered Thessaly , Athens retracted. Demades apparently negotiated the ensuing agreement, but we have no other evidence to confirm the statement made in this passage.

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