Demosthenes, Answer to Philip’s Letter, James Herbert Vince (Translator), 21

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[21] For none of you must assume that the same policy that weakened the power of Athens will suffice to restore and advance it, nor suppose that, if you are as half-hearted as before, others will be zealous in defence of your interests. Reflect, rather, what a disgrace it would be if your fathers faced many hardships and great dangers in fighting the Lacedaemonians.

Answer to Philip’s Letter. Demosthenes. James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1930.

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Answer to Philip’s Letter (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).)

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πρὸς τὴν ἐπιστολήν τὴν Φιλίππου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 21 focus

[21] μὴ γὰρ ὑπολάβῃ τις ὑμῶν, διʼ ὧν ἐγένετο τὰ πράγματα χείρω τὰ τῆς πόλεως, διὰ τούτων αὐτὰ πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθαι καὶ γενήσεσθαι βελτίω· μηδὲ νομίσητε ῥᾳθυμούντων ὑμῶν, ὥσπερ πρότερον, ἑτέρους ὑπὲρ τῶν ὑμετέρων ἀγωνιεῖσθαι προθύμως· ἀλλʼ ἐννοεῖσθʼ ὡς αἰσχρόν ἐστι τοὺς μὲν πατέρας ὑμῶν πολλοὺς πόνους καὶ μεγάλους κινδύνους ὑποστῆναι Λακεδαιμονίοις πολεμοῦντας,

Demosthenes Answer to Philip’s Letter 21

James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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