Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 60

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[60] οὕτω καὶ νῦν τὴν ἀκρόασιν ποιήσασθε. εἴ τινες ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν χρόνων ἥκουσιν οἴκοθεν τοιαύτην ἔχοντες τὴν δόξαν, ὡς ἄρα ὁ Δημοσθένης οὐδὲν πώποτε εἴρηκεν ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου συστὰς μετὰ Φιλοκράτους,—ὅστις οὕτω διάκειται, μήτʼ ἀπογνώτω μηδὲν μήτε καταγνώτω πρὶν ἂν¹ ἀκούσῃ· οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον. ἀλλʼ ἐάν, ἐμοῦ διὰ βραχέων² ὑπομιμνῄσκοντος τοὺς καιροὺς καὶ τὰ ψηφίσματα παρεχομένου ἃ μετὰ Φιλοκράτους ἔγραψε Δημοσθένης, αὐτὸς³ ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας λογισμὸς καταλάβῃ⁴ τὸν Δημοσθένην πλείω μὲν γεγραφότα ψηφίσματα Φιλοκράτους τῆς ἐξ ἀρχῆς εἰρήνης καὶ συμμαχίας,

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).) — 60 focus

[60] I ask you to give a similar hearing now. If some of you have come from home with the opinion, formed in the past, that of course Demosthenes has never in conspiracy with Philocrates said a word in Philip’s interest—if any man of you is under such impression, let him decide nothing either way, aye or no, until he has heard; for that would not be fair. But if, as I briefly recall the dates, and cite the resolutions which Demosthenes moved in cooperation with Philocrates, the truthful audit of the facts shall convict Demosthenes of having moved more resolutions than Philocrates concerning the original peace and alliance,

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Against Ctesiphon

1. ἂν added by Reisig.

2. After βραχέων the MSS. have ἀκούσητε or ἀκούσαντε or ἀκούσαντες· Blass brackets.

3. Before αὐτὸς the MSS. have ἐὰν· Blass brackets.

4. καταλάβῃ Franke: ἐγκαταλαμβάνῃ MSS.

Aeschines Against Ctesiphon 60

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