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Such was the message which the Thessalians sent. The Phocians were
the only people in these parts who had not espoused the cause of the
Medes; and it is my deliberate opinion that the motive which swayed
them was none other - neither more nor less - than their hatred of the
Thessalians: for had the Thessalians declared in favour of the
Greeks, I believe that the men of Phocis would have joined the
Median side. As it was, when the message arrived, the Phocians
made answer, that "they would not pay anything - it was open to
them, equally with the Thessalians, to make common cause with the
Medes, if they only chose so to do - but they would never of their
own free will become traitors to Greece."
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