Demosthenes, On the Crown, Charles Anthony Vince (Translator), James Herbert Vince (Translator), 48

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[48] Look at these instances, because, though the right time for action is past, for wise men it is always the right time to understand history. Lasthenes was hailed as friend—until he betrayed Olynthus ; Timolaus, until he brought Thebes to ruin; Eudicus and Simus of Larissa, until they put Thessaly under Philip’s heel. Since then the whole world has become crowded with men exiled, insulted, punished in every conceivable way. What of Aristratus at Sicyon ? or Perilaus¹ at Megara ? Are they not outcasts?

On the Crown. Demosthenes. Charles Anthony Vince (Translator), James Herbert Vince (Translator). London. 1926.

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On the Crown (English) (Demosthenes, Vol. II: De Corona, De Falsa Legatione, XVIII, XIX. Vince, C. A. and Vince, J. H., translators. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1926 (1939 reprint).)

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ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος περὶ τοῦ στεφάνου Perseus (Demosthenes. Orationes, Vol. I. Butcher, S. H., editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) — 48 focus

[48] σκοπεῖτε δέ· καὶ γὰρ εἰ παρελήλυθʼ ὁ τῶν πραγμάτων καιρός, ὁ τοῦ γʼ εἰδέναι τὰ τοιαῦτα καιρὸς ἀεὶ πάρεστι τοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσι. μέχρι τούτου Λασθένης φίλος ὠνομάζετο, ἕως προὔδωκεν Ὄλυνθον· μέχρι τούτου Τιμόλαος, ἕως ἀπώλεσε Θήβας· μέχρι τούτου Εὔδικος καὶ Σῖμος ὁ Λαρισαῖος, ἕως Θετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ ἐποίησαν. εἶτʼ ἐλαυνομένων καὶ ὑβριζομένων καὶ τί κακὸν οὐχὶ πασχόντων πᾶσʼ ἡ οἰκουμένη μεστὴ γέγονεν. τί δʼ Ἀρίστρατος ἐν Σικυῶνι, καὶ τί Πέριλλος ἐν Μεγάροις; οὐκ ἀπερριμμένοι;

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On the Crown

1. Perilaus: so MSS. here, and, with variations, in 295; according to Greek lexicographers the name was Perillus.

Demosthenes On the Crown 48

Charles Anthony Vince (Translator), James Herbert Vince (Translator)

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