<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="eng"><body><div type="translation" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="14"><p rend="indent">Yes, the power and sovereignty of <placeName key="tgn,7006667">Macedonia</placeName> is indeed, as an adjunct, no slight contribution, as you found it when on your side against <placeName key="perseus,Olynthus">Olynthus</placeName> in the days of Timotheus.<note resp="Loeb" anchored="true">In <date when="-0364">364</date> an Athenian force under Timotheus joined Perdiccas, king of <placeName key="tgn,7006667">Macedonia</placeName>, in an attack on the Olynthian confederacy.</note> On another occasion, in dealing with <placeName key="tgn,6004814">Potidaea</placeName>, the Olynthians found its cooperation of some value; and lately it came to the help of the Thessalians in their factions and feuds against the ruling house. The accession, I suppose, even of a small force is in every way helpful; but by itself <placeName key="tgn,7006667">Macedonia</placeName> is weak and full of defects.</p></div></div></body></text></TEI>