they sacked and razed the city of Mantinea , In 383
 B.C. Cf. Isoc. 8.100 ; Xen. Hell. 5.2.7 . after peace had been concluded; they seized the
 Cadmea In the same year. See Xen. Hell. 5.2.25 . The Cadmea was the citidel of Thebes . in Thebes ; and now This helps in dating the
 Panegyricus. 
 they are laying siege to Olynthus 
 and Phlius: The siege of Olynthus was begun in 382 B.C. See Xen. Hell. 5.2.11 . The siege of Phlius was begun in 380 B.C. See Xen. Hell.
 5.2.8 . on the other hand, they are assisting Amyntas, king of the
 Macedonians, Amyntas, the father of Philip, was aided by
 the Spartans against Olynthus 
 383 B.C. See Isoc. 6.46 and Isoc. 5.106 . and Dionysius, For the sympathy between Sparta 
 and Dionysius see Isoc. 8.99 , Isoc.
 6.63 . the tyrant of Sicily , and
 the barbarian king who rules over Asia , By the Peace of Antalcidas. to extend their dominions
 far and wide. And yet is it not extraordinary that those who stand at the head of the Hellenes should
 set up one man as master over a host of human beings so great that it is not easy to
 ascertain even their numbers, while they do not permit the very greatest of our cities to
 govern even themselves, but try to compel them to submit to slavery or else involve them
 in the greatest disasters? But most monstrous of all it is to see a people who arrogate to themselves the right of
 leadership making war every day upon the Hellenes and committed for all time to an
 alliance with the barbarians. And let no one suppose that I am ill-natured, because I have recalled these facts to you
 in rather harsh terms, after having stated at the outset that I intended to speak on
 conciliation; for it is not with the intention of stigmatizing the city of the
 Lacedaemonians in the eyes of others that I have spoken as I have about them, but that I
 may induce the Lacedaemonians themselves, so far as it lies in the power of words to do
 so, to make an end of such a policy. It is not, however, possible to turn men from their errors, or to inspire in them the
 desire for a different course of action without first roundly condemning their present
 conduct; and a distinction must be made between accusation, when one denounces with intent
 to injure, and admonition, Cf. Isoc.
 8.72 . when one uses like words with intent to benefit; for the same
 words are not to be interpreted in the same way unless they are spoken in the same spirit.