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ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὁ κατήγορος μεμηχάνηται, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν Φωκεῦσι διεφθάρη πράγματα πρῶτον μὲν διὰ τὴν τύχην, ἣ πάντων ἐστὶ κυρία, ἔπειτα διὰ τὸ μῆκος τοῦ χρόνου καὶ τὸν δεκέτη πόλεμον. τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ ηὔξησέ τε τῶν ἐν Φωκεῦσι τυράννων τὰ πράγματα καὶ καθεῖλε: κατέστησαν μὲν γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν τολμήσαντες τῶν ἱερῶν χρημάτων ἅψασθαι, καὶ διὰ ξένων τὰς πολιτείας μετέστησαν, κατελύθησαν δ᾽ ἀπορίᾳ χρημάτων, ἐπειδὴ κατεμισθοφόρησαν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα.

Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.

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