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Περὶ εἰρήνης Isocrates
67 Now that it is not just I can show you by lessons which I have learned from yourselves. For when the Lacedaemonians held this power,After 404 B.C. what eloquence did we not expend in denouncing their rule, contending that it was just for the Hellenes to enjoy independence?
68 What cities of repute did we not call upon to join the allianceIn 395, at Corinth, an anti-Spartan alliance was entered. which was formed in this cause? How many embassies did we not dispatch to the great KingThat headed by Conon in 395 B.C. is known. to convince him that it was neither just nor expedient for one state to dominate the Hellenes? Indeed we did not cease waging war and facing perils both by land and sea until the Lacedaemonians were willing to enter into the treaty which guaranteed our independence.The Peace of Antalcidas.

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