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Again, supposing the Boeotian
fleet had disbanded and the troops had dispersed to their various homes, the
Boeotian admiral was in no danger from the Athenians, nor was any trial
impending over him; you, however, were in very great danger, and in your utter
terror you thought it would be a great aid to your defence, if the Boeotian
triremes should stay with the fleet until your trial should come off. Besides,
from what motive of friendship pray, would my father have lent the one thousand
drachmae to the Boeotian admiral whom he did not even know? Ah, but he says the
admiral pledged some copper as security. How much, then? and from what country
was it imported?
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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