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<A FIELDING> <T MDEMOSTHENES> <P 205><L 1> THE FIRST OLYNTHIAC OF DEMOSTHENES THE ARGUMENT OLYNTHUS WAS A POWERFUL FREE CITY OF THRACE, ON THE CONFINES OF MACEDONIA. BY CERTAIN ALLURING OFFERS, PHILIP HAD TEMPTED THEM INTO AN ALLIANCE WITH HIM, THE TERMS OF WHICH WERE A JOINT WAR AGAINST THE ATHENIANS, AND IF A PEACE, A JOINT PEACE. THE OLYNTHIANS, SOME TIME AFTER, BECOMING JEALOUS OF HIS GROWING POWER, DETACH THEMSELVES FROM HIS ALLIANCE, AND MAKE A SEPARATE PEACE WITH THE ATHENIANS. PHILIP, EXCLAIMING AGAINST THIS, AS A BREACH OF THEIR FORMER TREATY, AND GLAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH HE HAD LONG BEEN SEEKING, IMMEDIATELY DECLARES WAR AGAINST THEM, AND BESIEGES THEIR CITY. UPON THIS, THEY DISPATCH AN EMBASSY TO ATHENS, FOR SUCCOUR. THE SUBJECT OF THIS EMBASSY COMING TO BE DEBATED AMONG THE ATHENIANS, DEMOSTHENES GIVES HIS SENTIMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORATION. NO TREASURES, O ATHENIANS, CAN, I AM CONFIDENT, BE SO DESIRABLE IN YOUR EYES, AS TO DISCOVER WHAT IS M . . .
