He was hard pressed on every side, his life was in extreme danger because of the gravity of the misfortunes which had befallen the state, the army in CalaureiaCalaureia was an island off the east coast of Peloponnesus, the modern Poros. had been broken up for want of pay, the allies around Peloponnesus were being besieged by the Lacedaemonians, Iphicrates and Callistratus were accusing him of being responsible for the present disaster, and, furthermore, those who came from the army were reporting before the assembly the distress and need that existed, and at the same time individuals kept receiving word from their relatives and friends telling of their plight. These things you all heard in the popular assembly at that time, and you remember how each man of you felt toward him; you are not without knowledge of what people were saying.