Demosthenes Philippic 4 39

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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Philippic 4. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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Current edition Perseus

Fourth Philippic (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. I: Olynthiacs, Philippics, Minor Public Speeches, Speech Against Leptines, I-XVII, XX. Vince, J. H., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930 (printing).)

Editions (1)
κατὰ Φιλίππου δ΄ Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 39 focus

Notes on the current edition

Philippic 4

1. i.e. blame the poorer classes for upholding the Theoric Fund. The argument is that when revenue was smaller, the property-owners did not refuse to pay up; now that the revenue shows a big surplus, devoted to the Theoric Fund, in which all classes have a share, why should the rich demand relief from their liturgies? (Perhaps the modern income-tax-payer will fail to appreciate the speaker’s logic.)