<w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fn">παρόν</w>. <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fkaqen">ἀνέκαθεν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="kathgorei%3Dn">κατηγορεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29to%2Flmhsan">ἐτόλμησαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fas">οἰκίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29nagkai%3Don">ἀναγκαῖον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai%2F">εἶναί</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="braxe%2Fa">βραχέα</w> <w lemma="dialexqe%2Fnt%27">διαλεχθέντ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29fele%2Fsqai">ἀφελέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgnoian">ἄγνοιαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pepisteuko%2Ftwn">πεπιστευκότων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhme%2Fnois">εἰρημένοις</w>.
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fefh">Ἔφη</w> <w lemma="toigarou%3Dn">τοιγαροῦν</w> <w lemma="%2Axlaine%2Fas">Χλαινέας</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29amu%2Fntou">Ἀμύντου</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29olunqi%2Fwn">Ὀλυνθίων</w> <w lemma="a%29tuxi%2Fas">ἀτυχίας</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frion">κύριον</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettali%2Fas">Θετταλίας</w>.
<w lemma="e%29gw%5C">ἐγὼ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettalou%2Fs">Θετταλούς</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="loipou%5Cs">λοιποὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="u%28polamba%2Fnw">ὑπολαμβάνω</w> <w lemma="sesw%3Dsqai">σεσῶσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ono%2Fmarxos">Ὀνόμαρχος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilo%2Fmhlos">Φιλόμηλος</w> <w lemma="katalabo%2Fmenoi">καταλαβόμενοι</w> <w lemma="%2Adelfou%5Cs">Δελφοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29sebw%3Ds">ἀσεβῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parano%2Fmws">παρανόμως</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fnonto">ἐγένοντο</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frioi">κύριοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="qeou%3D">θεοῦ</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="ti%2Fs">τίς</w> <w lemma="u%28mw%3Dn">ὑμῶν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dde">οἶδε</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="thlikau%2Fthn">τηλικαύτην</w> <w lemma="sunesth%2Fsanto">συνεστήσαντο</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%5Cs">οὐδεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntofqalmei%3Dn">ἀντοφθαλμεῖν</w> <w lemma="dunato%5Cs">δυνατὸς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>;
<w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kindu%2Fneuon">ἐκινδύνευον</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="qei%3Don">θεῖον</w> <w lemma="a%29sebei%2Fais">ἀσεβείαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frioi">κύριοι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w> <w lemma="e%29qelonth%5Cn">ἐθελοντὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pidou%5Cs">ἐπιδοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29panei%2Fleto">ἐπανείλετο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="tura%2Fnnous">τυράννους</w>, <w lemma="h%29sfali%2Fsato">ἠσφαλίσατο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="i%28ero%2Fn">ἱερόν</w>, <w lemma="ai%29%2Ftios">αἴτιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhsi">Ἕλλησι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqeri%2Fas">ἐλευθερίας</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="au%29ta%5C">αὐτὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w> <w lemma="memartu%2Frhke">μεμαρτύρηκε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pigenome%2Fnois">ἐπιγενομένοις</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="h%29dikhko%2Fta">ἠδικηκότα</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w> <w lemma="%2Aqettalou%2Fs">Θετταλούς</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="e%29to%2Flma">ἐτόλμα</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="eu%29erge%2Fthn">εὐεργέτην</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fnta">ὄντα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ella%2Fdos">Ἑλλάδος</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fna">ἡγεμόνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="ei%28%2Flonto">εἵλοντο</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes:">πάντες·</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%5Cs">οὐδεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftuxe">ἔτυχε</w>.
<w lemma="nh%5C">νὴ</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2F%27">Δί᾽</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="parege%2Fneto">παρεγένετο</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alakwnikh%2Fn:">Λακωνικήν·</w>
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="proai%2Fresin">προαίρεσιν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="u%28mei%3Ds">ὑμεῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fste">ἴστε</w>, <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenos">καλούμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="polla%2Fkis">πολλάκις</w> <w lemma="o%29nomazo%2Fmenos">ὀνομαζόμενος</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Apeloponnh%2Fsw%7C">Πελοποννήσῳ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="mo%2Flis">μόλις</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fdwke">ἐπέδωκε</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasin">πράγμασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%2Fsato">ἐχρήσατο</w>, <w lemma="w%29%3D">ὦ</w> <w lemma="%2Axlaine%2Fa">Χλαινέα</w>, <w lemma="sko%2Fpei">σκόπει</w>. <w lemma="duna%2Fmenos">δυνάμενος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="sugxrh%2Fsasqai">συγχρήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29stugeito%2Fnwn">ἀστυγειτόνων</w> <w lemma="o%28rmai%3Ds">ὁρμαῖς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="katafqora%5Cn">καταφθορὰν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="tapei%2Fnwsin">ταπείνωσιν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="pra%3Dcai">πρᾶξαι</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fsths">μεγίστης</w> <w lemma="xa%2Fritos">χάριτος</w>,
<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w> <w lemma="ai%28%2Fresin">αἵρεσιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29damw%3Ds">οὐδαμῶς</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fdwke">ἐνέδωκε</w>, <w lemma="kataplhca%2Fmenos">καταπληξάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ka%29kei%2Fnous">κἀκείνους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="koinh%3D%7C">κοινῇ</w> <w lemma="sumfe%2Fronti">συμφέροντι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgou">λόγου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29cagwgh%5Cn">ἐξαγωγὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frous">ἀμφοτέρους</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkase">ἠνάγκασε</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsasqai">ποιήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhtoume%2Fnwn">ἀμφισβητουμένων</w>,
<w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29podei%2Fcas">ἀποδείξας</w> <w lemma="krith%5Cn">κριτὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ntilegome%2Fnwn">ἀντιλεγομένων</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="koino%5Cn">κοινὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellh%2Fnwn">Ἑλλήνων</w> <w lemma="kaqi%2Fsas">καθίσας</w> <w lemma="krith%2Frion">κριτήριον</w>. <w lemma="a%29%2Fcio%2Fn">ἄξιόν</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%5Cs">γεγονὸς</w> <w lemma="o%29nei%2Fdous">ὀνείδους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="profora%3Ds">προφορᾶς</w>.
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<head>Defence of Macedonian Policy</head>"But since the last speaker has ventured to go back to ancient times for his denunciations of the Macedonian royal family, I feel it incumbent on me also to say a few words first on these points, to remove the misconception of those who have been carried away by his words."Chlaeneas said, then, that Philip son of Amyntas became<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note64">Sacred war, B. C. 357-346. Onomarchus killed near the gulf of Pagasae. B. C. 352. See Diodor, 16, 32-35.</note>master of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thessaly&groupId=1028&placeId=1816">Thessaly</a> by the ruin of Olynthus. But I conceive that not only the Thessalians, but the other Greeks also, were preserved by Philip's means. For at the time when Onomarchus and Philomelus, in defiance of religion and law, seized <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delphi&groupId=534&placeId=363">Delphi</a> and made themselves masters of the treasury of the god, who is there among you who does not know that they collected such a mighty force as no Greek dared any longer face? Nay, along with this violation of religion, they were within an ace of becoming lords of all Greece also. At that crisis Philip volunteered his assistance; destroyed the tyrants, secured the temple, and became the author of freedom to the Greeks, as is testified even to posterity by the facts.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note65">Philip elected generalissimo against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Persia&groupId=871&placeId=1571">Persia</a> in the congress of allies at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Corinth&groupId=493&placeId=928">Corinth</a>, B. C. 338.</note>For Philip was unanimously elected general-in-chief by land and sea, not, as my opponent ventured to assert, as one who had wronged <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thessaly&groupId=1028&placeId=1816">Thessaly</a>; but on the ground of his being a benefactor of Greece: an honour which no one had previously obtained.<pb n="593" />'Ay, but,' he says, 'Philip came with an armed force into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Laconia&groupId=662&placeId=1211">Laconia</a>.' Yes, but it was not of his own choice, as you know: he reluctantly consented to do so, after repeated invitations and appeals by the Peloponnesians, under the name of their friend and ally. And when he did come, pray observe, Chlaeneas, how he behaved. Though he could have availed himself of the wishes of the neighbouring states for the destruction of these men's territory and the humiliation of their city, and have won much gratitude too by his act, he by no means lent himself to such a policy; but, by striking terror into the one and the other alike, he compelled both parties to accommodate their differences in a congress, to the common benefit of all: not putting himself forward as arbitrator of the points in dispute, but appointing a joint board of arbitration selected from all Greece. Is that a proceeding which deserves to be held up to reproach and execration?
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