n in tranquillity; and, on
the other, Demosthenes inflamed the Athenians. In this case, the first
step the orator took was to put the people upon sending an armament to
Euboea, which was brought under the yoke of Philip by its petty
tyrants. Accordingly he drew up an edict, in pursuance of which they
passed over to that peninsula, and drove out the Macedonians. His
second operation was the sending succor to the Byzantians and
Perinthians, with whom Philip was at war. He persuaded the people to
drop their resentment, to forget the faults which both those nations
had committed in the confederate war, and to send a body of troops to
their assistance. They did so, and it saved them from ruin. After
this, he went ambassador to the states of Greece; and, by his animating
address, brought them almost all to join in the league against Philip.
. . .

Meantime Philip, elated with his success at Amphissa, surprised Elatea,
and possessed himself of Phocis. The Athenians were struck with
astonishment, and none of them durst mount the rostrum; no one knew
what advice to give; but a melancholy silence reigned the city. In
this distress Demosthenes alone stood forth, and proposed that
application should be made to the Thebans. He likewise animated the
people in his usual manner, and inspired them with fresh hopes; in
consequence of which he was sent ambassador to Thebes, some others
being joined in commission with him. Philip, too, on his part, as
Maryas informs us, sent Anyntus and Clearchus, two Macedonians, Doachus
the Thessalian, Thrasidaeus the Elean, to answer the Athenian deputies.
The Thebans were not ignorant what way their true interest pointed, but
each of them had the evils of war before his eyes; for their Phocian
wounds were still fresh upon them. However, the powers of the orator,
as Theopompus tells us, rekindled their courage and ambition so
effectually that all other objects were disregarded. They lost sight
of fear, of caution, of every prior attachment, and, through the force
of his eloquence, fell with enthusiastic transports into the path of
honour.

So powerful, indeed, were the efforts of the orator that Philip
immediately sent ambassadors to Athens to apply for peace. Greece
recovered her spirits, whilst she stood waiting for the event; and not
only the Athenian generals, but the governors of Boeotia, were ready to
execute the commands of Demosthenes. All the assemblies, as well those
of Thebes