Originally posted by Agamoi Thytai
The reason for this quite obvious. In order to correctly interpret the meaning of Demosthenes' words, one must look to his writings, and not to another. If Demosthenes had a pattern of calling Greeks "non-Greeks" and "not related to Greeks", then I will accept that argument that Demosthenes' words have been misconstrued.
However, if Demosthenes is not on record of calling a fellow Greek "not a Greek" and "not related to Greeks", but a barbarian, than his words can only mean what they obviously mean.
Comment