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But was
not the conduct of the Macedonians as stupid as it was lawless, when they
committed such a gross violation of their oaths as deservedly went near to cost
them their right to command at sea?1 Even as it is, they
have supplied us with this unquestionable claim against them, whenever we choose
to press it. For surely their violation of the joint agreement is not lessened
because they have now ceased to offend.
1 The Congress gave Alexander the command of the Greek forces on sea as well as on land. If the Macedonians provoked the Athenians, who provided the greater part of a united Greek fleet, he might lose this command.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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