The Oration of Demosthenes On the Crown With Notes
The Oration of Demosthenes On the Crown With Notes
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] " nor chat having become possessed of much money and many men, by means of these might easily enter upon the other undertakings, " i. E. The conquest of Greece. 28, VV^e have here an instance of the skill of Demosthe- nes m mingling the weak arguments with the strong. Hav- mg made ou* * very strong case in his favor relative to the embassy, he seizes the oppoil^mily of bringing up in con- trast with this tlie petty charge of his adversary (Adv. Ctesiph. § 76), founded upon the attentions whic...h he had bestowed upon the ambassadors of Philip, who had recently visited Athens to negotiate concerning the peace, in order to show his want of generosity in taunting him with the latter, while he gave him no credit for the former. There being no special minister of foreign affairs at Athens, the duty of receiving ambassadors devolved upon members of the Senate, and it was in this caj)acity, he says, that he entertained, and introduced to the assembly and the theatre, th(^- ambassadors of Philip.
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