Aeschines, On the Embassy, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 179

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[179] κἀμοὶ¹ συνδεησόμενοι πάρεισιν ὑμῶν πατὴρ μέν, οὗ τὰς τοῦ γήρως ἐλπίδας μὴ ἀφέλησθε, ἀδελφοὶ δέ, οἳ διαζυγέντες ἐμοῦ ζῆν οὐκ ἂν προέλοιντο, κηδεσταὶ δὲ καὶ ταυτὶ τὰ μικρὰ παιδία καὶ τοὺς μὲν² κινδύνους οὔπω συνιέντα, ἐλεινὰ δέ, εἴ τι συμβήσεται ἡμῖν παθεῖν. ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐγὼ δέομαι καὶ ἱκετεύω πολλὴν πρόνοιαν³ ποιήσασθαι, καὶ μὴ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτοὺς μηδʼ ἀνάνδρῳ καὶ γυναικείῳ τὴν ὀργὴν ἀνθρώπῳ παραδοῦναι.

On the Embassy. Aeschines. ed. Charles Darwin Adams. London. 1919.

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Περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας (Greek) (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919 (1958 printing).)

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[179] To plead with you in my behalf are present my father, whom I beg of you not to rob of the hopes of his old age; my brothers, who would have no desire for life if I should be torn from them; my connections by marriage; and these little children, who do not yet realize their danger, but are to be pitied if disaster fall on us. For them I beg and beseech you to take earnest thought, and not to give them over into the hands of our enemies, or of a creature who is no man—no better in spirit than a woman.

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On the Embassy

1. κἀμοὶ Hamaker · κἀμοὶ μὲν οἱ MSS .

2. τοὺς μὲν Blass: the MSS. have μὲν after μικρὰ or after ταυτὶ ( one MS. omits).

3. πρόνοιαν Blass ( Aldus): the MSS. have ὑμᾶς, ἡμῖν, or ἡμῶν before πρόνοιαν, or ἡυῶν after ποόνοιαν.

Aeschines On the Embassy 179

ed. Charles Darwin Adams

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