After a little time the Athenians were overcome in the war, and compelled by Antipater to submit to receiving a garrison. Menyllus, the commander of the garrison, offered money to Phocion, who said with indignation that Menyllus was no whit [p. 115] better than Alexander, and the ground for his receiving money was not so good as before, since he had not accepted it then. 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Phocion, chap. xxviii. (754 A), and chap. xxx. (755 A).