<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.tlg013.perseus-eng2" xml:lang="eng"><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="23"><p>Rewards to citizens, rightly thus granted by our ancestors, are wrongly granted by you. But how about foreigners? When Meno of <placeName key="tgn,7010797">Pharsalus</placeName> gave twelve talents of silver towards the war at <placeName key="perseus,Eion">Eion</placeName> near <placeName key="perseus,Amphipolis">Amphipolis</placeName><note anchored="true" resp="Loeb">Presumably in 424, but Themistocles does not mention it. The historical examples here are borrowed from <bibl n="Dem. 23">Dem. 23</bibl></note> and supported us with two hundred cavalry of his own vassals, our ancestors did not vote him the citizenship, but only gave him immunity from taxes.</p></div></div></body></text></TEI>