Dr. Ng,
It was my opinion that Demosthenes' jealousy against Phillip II, but as you said to me not to mention opinions, I would avoid it in here, too. I was just trying to interpret on the issue.
As for you said So it wasn't a matter of them 'having fun' so much as they found other ways to occupy their time which were safer, politically, than fighting wars?, I mentioned about Todd’s expression by saying Generals were having fun and not eager to fight well enough because Todd said Demosthenes railed against the majority of generals staying in Athens and arranging festivals instead of going to fight against Phillip. Todd’s expression gave me the clue that generals were at fun and afraid of being captured by because generals were about to to
It was my opinion that Demosthenes' jealousy against Phillip II, but as you said to me not to mention opinions, I would avoid it in here, too. I was just trying to interpret on the issue.
As for you said So it wasn't a matter of them 'having fun' so much as they found other ways to occupy their time which were safer, politically, than fighting wars?, I mentioned about Todd’s expression by saying Generals were having fun and not eager to fight well enough because Todd said Demosthenes railed against the majority of generals staying in Athens and arranging festivals instead of going to fight against Phillip. Todd’s expression gave me the clue that generals were at fun and afraid of being captured by because generals were about to to