Elatea
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On the Crown
Place reached by Philip as a consequence of the Amphissa war.
The war at Amphissa, that is, the war that brought Philip to Elatea, and caused the election, as general of the Amphictyons, of a man who turned all Greece upside down, was due to the machinations of this man.
His present object, and the purpose for which he has occupied Elatea, is that, by an exhibit ion of his power in the neighborhood of Thebes, and by bringing up armed forces, he may encourage and embolden his friends, and overawe his adversaries, hoping that the latter will yield to intimidation or to compulsion and will so concede what at present they refuse.
Then your partisans at Thebes will have equal freedom to speak their minds for righteousness’ sake, knowing that, just as the men who have sold their country to Philip are supported by a force at Elatea ready to come to their aid, so also you are in readiness to help men who are willing to fight for independence, and will come to their aid, if they are attacked.
On Halonnesus
One of the Elean colonies in Cassopia said to have been devastated by Philip.
he is even now engaged in an expedition against Ambracia, and as for the three Elean colonies in Cassopia — Pandosia, Bucheta, and Elatea—he has wasted their land with fire, stormed their cities, and handed them over to be the slaves of his own kinsman, Alexander.
Second Philippic
A place rumored to be a target of Philip's fortification.
So they say he is waiting to regard the Thebans with suspicion, and some circulate a rumor that he will fortify Elatea.