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 28G HISTORY OF GREECE. peace with their revolted insular allies, and dose the Social Wyt the public mind still continued agitated. A Persian armament of three hundred sail, with a large force of Grecian mercenaries and an invasion of Greece was talked of as probable. 1 It appears that Mausolus, prince or satrap of Karia, who had been the principal agent in inflaming the Social War, still prosecuted hostilities against the islands even after the peace, announcing that he acted in execution of the king's designs ; so that the Athenians sent envoys to remonstrate with him. 2 The Persians seem also to have been collecting inland foi'ces, which were employed some years afterwards in reconquering Egypt, but of which the desti- nation was not at this moment declared. Hence the alarm now prevalent at Athens. It is material to note as a mark in the tide of events that few persons as yet entertained apprehen- sions about Philip of Macedon, though that prince was augment- ing steadily his military force as well as his conquests. Nay, Philip afterwards asserted that during this alarm of Persian in- vasion, he was himself one of the parties invited to assist in the defence of Greece. 3 Though the Macedonian power had not yet become obviously formidable, we trace in the present speech of Demosthenes that same Pan-hellenic patriotism which afterwards rendered him so strenuous in blowing the trumpet against Philip. The obligation incumbent upon all Greeks, but upon Athens especially, on ac- count of her ti'aditions and her station, to uphold Hellenic liberty against the foreigner at all cost, is insisted on with an emphasis and dignity worthy of Perikles. 4 But while Demosthenes thus impresses upon his countrymen noble and Pan-hellenic purposes, he does not rest content with eloquent declamation, or negative 1 Diodor. xvi. 21. prefixed to that Oration. 3 See Epistola Philipp. ap. Demosthen. p. 160. s. 6. 4 Demosthenes, De Symmoriis, p. 179. s. 7. OiiSe yap ovV uM.uv ' E.'h.'hTjvuv uftehrjcai, vfj.lv 6' oi-J' udtKovfiEvoif napil iu>v udiKOvvruv K.a7J)v ian l^afieiv TavTijv TIJV diKqv, iuaai nvag avruv vt$ rv>
 * Demosthenes cont. Timokratem, s. 15; see also the second Argument