Diodorus Siculus, Library 16.84.5

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Diodorus Siculus, Library 16.84.5

Post by stephen » Thu 31 Jan, 2019 3:48 pm

[5
[Absolute [GA [1 ἀπορίας] [D οὖν] [2 μεγάλης] [3 οὔσης] [1 καὶ καταπλήξεως]]
[● [1 ἀπέβλεπε] [2 τὸ πλῆθος] [3 ἐπὶ τὸν Δημοσθένην.]]
[● [1 ὁ] [D δ᾽] [1 καταβὰς]]
[● [D καὶ] [1 τὸν δῆμον] [2 παρακαλέσας] [3 θαρρεῖν]]
ἀπεφαίνετο
δεῖν παραχρῆμα πρέσβεις
[G [ἀποστέλλειν] [εἰς] [τὰς Θήβας]]
καὶ [παρακαλεῖν] [τοὺς Βοιωτοὺς] κοινῇ [τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἀγῶνα] [τίθεσθαι]:
[πρὸς] γὰρ [τοὺς ἄλλους συμμάχους]
[ὁ καιρὸς] [οὐ συνεχώρει] [πέμπειν]
[πρεσβείας] [περὶ] [τῆς συμμαχίας.]
[[ἐν ἡμέραις] γὰρ [δυσὶ]]
[[προσδόκιμος ἦν] [ὁ βασιλεὺς]
[[ἥξειν] [εἰς] [τὴν Ἀττικὴν]]
καὶ [τῆς ὁδοιπορίας] [οὔσης] [διὰ] [τῆς Βοιωτίας]
[ἡ παρὰ τῶν Βοιωτῶν συμμαχία] [μόνη] [κατελείπετο],
[[φανεροῦ] γ᾽ [ὄντος] [ὅτι]]
[Φίλιππος], [φίλος ὢν] [καὶ σύμμαχος] [Βοιωτοῖς],
[τούτους] [ἐν παρόδῳ] [πειράσεται]
[[παραλαβεῖν] [εἰς ][τὸν κατ᾽ Ἀθηναίων πόλεμον.]]

[5] In utter perplexity and dismay, the crowd kept their eyes on Demosthenes. Finally he came down from his seat, and bidding the people take heart gave it as his opinion that they must straightway send envoys to Thebes and invite the Boeotians to join them to make a struggle for freedom. There was no time to send envoys to their other allies invoking the treaties of alliance, since in two days the king could be expected to enter Attica. As his way led through Boeotia, the support of the Boeotians was their only recourse, especially since Philip was at that time the friend and ally of the Boeotians and would evidently try to take them along as he marched past to the war against Athens.

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