17. Liban. Orat. Parent. c. 50, p. 275, 276. A strange
disorder, since it continued above seven years. In the
factions of the Greek republics the exiles amounted to
20,000 persons; and Isocrates assures Philip that it would
be easier to raise an army from the vagabonds than from the
cities. See Hume's Essays, tom. i. p. 426, 427.