Athenian allies
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allies · Greek cities · allies of the Athenians · confederates · friends · loyalty of her allies · others · our own allies · the allies · the allies from Ionia and the Hellespont
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On the Embassy
The synod of Athens' allied states, whose collective decree on the timing of the peace deliberations Aeschines cites in his own defense.
Decree of the Synod
For it was their judgment that we should wait for the ambassadors from the other states of Hellas but Demosthenes is responsible for having prevented your waiting for them, not only by his words, most shamelessly shifty of all men, but by his act and his decree, in which he required us to make our decision immediately.
Now read also what is said in the decree of the allies, in which it stands expressly written, Whereas the people of the Athenians are deliberating with regard to peace with Philip, and whereas the ambassadors have not yet returned whom the people sent out into Hellas summoning the cities in behalf of the freedom of the Hellenic states, be it decreed by the allies that as soon as the ambassadors re …
Fourth Philippic
Political partners whose loyalty and goodwill are essential to Athens.
For a city’s wealth I hold to be allies, credit, goodwill, and of all these you are destitute.
but a city, which every aspirant to the rule of Greece has regarded as his only possible opponent and as champion of the freedom of all, must surely not be tested by her market-stuff to see whether all is well with her, but by her ability to trust the loyalty of her allies, by her strength in ams—these are the qualities that you must look for in the city;
Third Olynthiac
The allied cities and peoples whom Athens has a responsibility to defend.
Now, however, I am persuaded that we must be content to secure the first, that of saving our allies.
or to snatch up arms and march against Corinth or Megara, but to let Philip enslave Greek cities, because you are short of rations for a campaign.
But surely if anyone of you would postpone the necessary action till then, he must prefer to see danger at his very doors, rather than hear of it far away, and to beg help for himself, when he might be lending help to others now;
Areopagiticus
Communities aligned with Athens, some contributing and obeying, others lost through recent mismanagement.
For you resemble men in that state of mind—you who have lost all the cities in Thrace, squandered to no purpose more than a thousand talents on mercenary troops, provoked the ill-will of the Hellenes and the hostility of the barbarians, and, as if this were not enough, have been compelled to save the friends of the Thebans at the cost of losing our own allies;
Many of you are wondering, I suppose, what in the world my purpose is in coming forward to address you on The Public Safety, as if Athens were in danger or her affairs on an uncertain footing, when in fact she possesses more than two hundred ships-of-war, enjoys peace throughout her territory, maintains her empire on the sea, and has, furthermore, many allies who, in case of any need, will readily …
History of the Peloponnesian War
The Greek states, chiefly from Ionia and the Hellespont, who after the Persian Wars ask Athens to lead them, giving rise to the Athenian empire.
while the Athenians, and the allies from Ionia and the Hellespont, who had now revolted from the king, stayed behind, and laid siege to Sestos, of which the Medes were in possession.
For this very empire we gained, not by acting with violence, but through your having been unwilling to stand by them to finish the business with the barbarian, and through the allies having come to us, and of their own accord begged us to become their leaders:
Hellenica
Allied communities aligned with Athens in diplomacy and war.
They also invited ambassadors from their allies to go with them;
Struthas, however, devoted himself assiduously to the Athenians and their allies, remembering all the harm which the King’s country had suffered at the hands of Agesilaus.
in secret, however, he gave money to Antalcidas, to the end that a fleet might be manned by the Lacedaemonians and thus the Athenians and their allies be made more desirous of peace, and he also imprisoned Conon, on the ground that he was wronging the King and that the charges made by the Lacedaemonians were true.