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“When Alexander destroyed Thebes, he
found documents showing that the Thebans had
lent a hundred talents to the Thessalians. These
documents he presented to the Thessalians as a
reward for the assistance they had given him in the
campaign. Subsequently the Thebans, after the
restoration of their city by Cassander, demanded
that the Thessalians should repay the money.” The
case is tried before the Amphictyonic council. It is
admitted that the Thebans lent the money and
were not repaid.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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