Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 127

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[127] καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ψηφίσματι πολὺ καὶ σαφέστερον καὶ πικρότερον γράφει,¹ τὸν ἱερομνήμονα, φησί, τὸν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τοὺς πυλαγόρους τοὺς ἀεὶ πυλαγοροῦντας μὴ μετέχειν τοῖς ἐκεῖσε συλλεγομένοις μήτε λόγου μήτε ἔργου μήτε δόγματος μήτε πράξεως μηδεμιᾶς. τὸ δὲ μὴ μετέχειν τί ἐστι; πότερα τἀληθὲς εἴπω, ἢ τὸ ἥδιστον ἀκοῦσαι; τἀληθὲς ἐρῶ· τὸ γὰρ ἀεὶ πρὸς ἡδονὴν λεγόμενον οὑτωσὶ τὴν πόλιν διατέθηκεν. οὐκ ἐᾷ μεμνῆσθαι τῶν ὅρκων, οὓς ἡμῶν ὤμοσαν οἱ πρόγονοι, οὐδὲ τῆς ἀρᾶς, οὐδὲ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ μαντείας.

Against Ctesiphon. Aeschines. ed. Charles Darwin Adams. London. 1919.

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

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Against Ctesiphon Perseus (The Speeches of Aeschines. Adams, Charles Darwin, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919 (1958 printing).) — 127 focus

[127] Again in the same decree he writes much more explicitly and malignantly; The hieromnemon of the Athenians, he says, and the pylagori who are at the time in office, shall take no part with those assembled there, in word or deed or decree, or in any act whatsoever. But what does it mean to take no part? Shall I tell you the truth, or what is most agreeable for your ears? I will tell you the truth, for it is the universal habit of speaking to please you that has brought the city to such a pass. It means that you are forbidden to remember the oaths which our fathers swore, or the curse, or the oracle of the god.

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Against Ctesiphon

1. γράφει Dobree: after γράφει the MSS. have πρόσταγμα or σύγγραμμα.

Aeschines Against Ctesiphon 127

ed. Charles Darwin Adams

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