{76} This then is my proposal, and this I move. If the proposal is carried
out, I think that even now the state of our affairs may be remedied. But
if any one has a better proposal to make, let him make it, and give us his
advice. And I pray to all the gods that whatever be the decision that you
are about to make, it may be for your good.


FOOTNOTES

[1] These are printed in square brackets in the translation.




ON THE CROWN (Or. XVIII)

[_Introduction_. The advice given by Demosthenes in the Third Philippic
(spoken before the middle of 341) was in the main followed. He himself was
sent almost immediately to Byzantium, where he renewed the alliance
between that city and Athens, and at the same time entered into relations
with Abydos and the Thracian princes. Rhodes, and probably Chios and Cos,
were also conciliated, and an embassy was sent to the King of Persia to
ask for aid against Philip. The king appears to have sent assistance to
Diopeithes, and it is also stated (not on the best authority) that he sent
large sums of money to Demosthenes and Hypereides. Demosthenes further
succeeded, in conjunction with Callias of Chalcis, in organizing a league
against Philip, which included Corinth, Megara, Corcyra, and the
Acarnanians, and which at least supplied a considerable number of men and
some funds. The cities of Euboea, most of which had been in the hands of
Philip's party, were also formed into a confederacy, in alliance with