XXXIII.  When this took place Phokion, who was now quite willing to lead the Athenians to attack Nikanor, was insulted and treated with contempt; and now Alexander the son of Polysperchon arrived with a military force, nominally with the intention of assisting the citizens against Nikanor, but really meaning if possible to make himself master of the city while it was divided against itself.  The exiled Athenians who accompanied him at once entered the city, and as the disfranchised inhabitants joined them, a disorderly and informal assembly was held, in which Phokion was removed from his office, and other men were appointed generals.  Had it not been that Alexander and Nikanor were observed to hold frequent conferences together alone outside the walls, the city could not have been saved.  Hagnonides the informer now at once began to accuse Phokion and his party of treason; upon which Charikles and Kallimedon left the city in terror, while Phokion and those of his friends who stood by him proceeded to Polysperchon himself.  They were accompanied, out of regard for Phokion, by Solon of Plataea and Deinarchus of Corinth, who were thought to be intimate friends of Polysperchon.  As Deinarchus was sick, they waited for some days at Elatea, and in the meantime, at the instigation of Hagnonides, although Archestratus brought forward the motion for it in the assembly, the Athenians sent an embassy to the court of Macedonia to accuse Phokion of treason.  Both met Polysperchon at the same time, as he with the king[649] was passing through a village of Phokis named Pharyges, which lies at the foot of the Akrousian mountain, now called Galate.  Here Polysperchon set up the throne with the gilt ceiling, under which he placed the king and his friends.  He ordered Deinarchus at once to be seized, tortured, and put to death, but he allowed the Athenians to plead their cause before him.  They however made a great disturbance by contradicting and abusing one another, so that Hagnonides said, “Pack us all into one cage and send us back to Athens to be tried.”  At this the king laughed, but the Macedonians and others who were present wished to hear what each side had to say, and bade the two embassies state their case.  They were not, however, fairly treated, for Polysperchon several times interrupted Phokion during his speech, until at last he struck the ground with his staff in a rage and held his peace.  When Hegemon[650] too said that Polysperchon himself knew him to be a friend to the people of Athens, Polysperchon angrily exclaimed “Do not slander me to the king.”  At this the king himself leaped to his feet, and would have struck Hegemon with a spear, but was quickly seized by Polysperchon, upon which the court broke up.