their condition, that though this dreadful calamity was confronting them,
no one dared open his lips, until all was ready and the enemy was
advancing up to the walls. Then the one party set about the defence, the
other about the betrayal of the city. {62} And when the city had been
captured in this base and shameful manner, the successful party governed
despotically: and of those who had been their own protectors, and had been
ready to treat Euphraeus with all possible harshness, they expelled some
and murdered others; while the good Euphraeus killed himself, thus
testifying to the righteousness and purity of his motives in opposing
Philip on behalf of his countrymen.

{63} Now for what reason, you may be wondering, were the peoples of
Olynthus and Eretria and Oreus more agreeably disposed towards Philip's
advocates than towards their own? The reason was the same as it is with
you--that those who speak for your true good can never, even if they
would, speak to win popularity with you; they are constrained to inquire
how the State may be saved: while their opponents, in the very act of
seeking popularity, are co-operating with Philip. {64} The one party said,
'You must pay taxes;' the other, 'There is no need to do so.' The one
said, 'Go to war, and do not trust him;' the other, 'Remain at peace,'--
until they were in the toils. And--not to mention each separately--I
believe that the same thing was true of all. The one side said what would
enable them to win favour; the other, what would secure the safety of
their State. And at last the main body of the people accepted much that
they proposed--not now from any such desire for gratification, nor from
ignorance, but as a concession to circumstances, thinking that their cause
was now wholly lost. {65} It is this fate, I solemnly assure you, that I
dread for you, when the time comes that you make your reckoning, and
realize that there is no longer anything that can be done. May you never
find yourselves, men of Athens, in such a position! Yet in any case, it