Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 182

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[182] ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς Ὀλυμπίους οὐδʼ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἡμέραις ἄξιον ἡγοῦμαι μεμνῆσθαι τοῦ θηρίου τούτου κἀκείνων τῶν ἀνδρῶν. ἐπιδειξάτω τοίνυν Δημοσθένης¹ εἴ που γέγραπταί τινα τούτων τῶν ἀνδρῶν στεφανῶσαι. ἀχάριστος ἄρʼ ἦν ὁ δῆμος; οὔκ, ἀλλὰ μεγαλόφρων, κἀκεῖνοί γε² τῆς πόλεως ἄξιοι· οὐ γὰρ ᾤοντο δεῖν ἐν τοῖς γράμμασι τιμᾶσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν εὖ πεπονθότων, ἣ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου μέχρι τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας ἀθάνατος οὖσα διαμένει. δωρεὰς δὲ τίνας ἐλάμβανον, ἄξιόν ἐστι μνησθῆναι.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

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).) — 182 focus

[182] But, by the Olympian gods, I think one ought not to name those men on the same day with this monster! Now let Demosthenes show if anywhere stands written an order to crown any one of those men. Was the democracy, then, ungrateful? No, but noble-minded, and those men were worthy of their city. For they thought that their honor should be conferred, not in written words, but in the memory of those whom they had served; and from that time until this day it abides, immortal. But what rewards they did receive, it is well to recall.

Notes on the current edition

Against Ctesiphon

1. Δημοσθένης Cobet: Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λόγῳ MSS.

2. κἀκεῖνοι γε Hamaker: the MSS. have κἀκεῖνοί γε οἱ μὴ [ or οἱ μὴ οὕτω or εἰ μὴ] τετιμημένοι.

Aeschines Against Ctesiphon 182

ed. Charles Darwin Adams

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers