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Do you remember the
immediate sequel, by which the trick was exposed in the very act? Memnon and
Mentor, the sons-in-law of Artabazus, were young men, enjoying unexpected good
fortune by their relationship to Artabazus. What they wanted was to govern the
country peaceably without delay, and to win distinction without warfare and
peril. Accordingly, they persuaded Artabazus to forgo his vengeance upon
Charidemus, and to send him off under an armistice, advising him that you would
bring Charidemus across with or without his consent: he could not possibly stop
you.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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