On the recordc. 349 BC
He that bids the Lacedaemonians resign Messene, how can he pretend, when he delivered Orchomenos and Coronea to the Thebans, to have acted on a conviction of justice?
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Demosthenes challenges Philip's claims of acting justly by highlighting his contradictory actions regarding territorial disputes among Greek states.
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