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Having taken possession of these strongholds, he had
a misadventure into which even an ordinary person, not to say a man calling
himself a commander, could never have blundered. Although he held no position on
the sea-coast, and had no means of supplying his troops with provisions, and
although he had no food in the towns, he remained within the walls, instead of
looting the towns and making off in pursuance of his intention to do mischief.
But Artabazus, having been released by Autophradates, collected an army, and
appeared on the scene; and he could draw supplies from the friendly countries of
upper Phrygia, Lydia, and Paphlagonia, while for Charidemus nothing remained but to stand
a siege.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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