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Such were the words of Alexander. Now the Lacedaemonians, when
tidings reached them that Alexander was gone to Athens to bring about
a league between the Athenians and the barbarians, and when at the
same time they called to mind the prophecies which declared that the
Dorian race should one day be driven from the Peloponnese by the
Medes and the Athenians, were exceedingly afraid lest the Athenians
might consent to the alliance with Persia. They therefore lost no
time in sending envoys to Athens; and it so happened that these envoys
were given their audience at the same time with Alexander: for the
Athenians had waited and made delays, because they felt sure that the
Lacedaemonians would hear that an ambassador was come to them from the
Persians, and as soon as they heard it would with all speed send an
embassy. They contrived matters therefore of set purpose, so that the
Lacedaemonians might hear them deliver their sentiments on the occasion.
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