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<p> A distinguished [[Athenian]] general and statesman, a disciple of [[Plato]] and Xenocrates; was wise in council as well as brave in war; opposed to the democracy of Athens, led on by [[Demosthenes]] in the frantic ambition of coping with [[Philip]] of Macedon and his son Alexander; and pled for a pacific arrangement with them; but having opposed war with Antipater, the successor of the latter, he was accused of treason, and condemned to drink hemlock; the [[Athenians]] afterwards repented of the crime, raised a bronze statue to his memory, and condemned his accuser to death. </p> | <p> A distinguished [[Athenian]] general and statesman, a disciple of [[Plato]] and Xenocrates; was wise in council as well as brave in war; opposed to the democracy of Athens, led on by [[Demosthenes]] in the frantic ambition of coping with [[Philip]] of Macedon and his son Alexander; and pled for a pacific arrangement with them; but having opposed war with Antipater, the successor of the latter, he was accused of treason, and condemned to drink hemlock; the [[Athenians]] afterwards repented of the crime, raised a bronze statue to his memory, and condemned his accuser to death. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_78090"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/phocion Phocion from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78090"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/phocion Phocion from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 15 October 2021
Phocion [1]
A distinguished Athenian general and statesman, a disciple of Plato and Xenocrates; was wise in council as well as brave in war; opposed to the democracy of Athens, led on by Demosthenes in the frantic ambition of coping with Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander; and pled for a pacific arrangement with them; but having opposed war with Antipater, the successor of the latter, he was accused of treason, and condemned to drink hemlock; the Athenians afterwards repented of the crime, raised a bronze statue to his memory, and condemned his accuser to death.