Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, ed. Charles Darwin Adams, 62

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[62] ἔγραψε Φιλοκράτης ἐξεῖναι Φιλίππῳ δεῦρο κήρυκα καὶ πρέσβεις πέμπειν περὶ εἰρήνης. τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων. ἧκον οἱ τῆς κρίσεως χρόνοι· κατηγόρει μὲν Λυκῖνος ὁ γραψάμενος, ἀπελογεῖτο δὲ Φιλοκράτης, συναπελογεῖτο δὲ Δημοσθένης· ἀπέφυγε Φιλοκράτης· μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπῄει¹ Θεμιστοκλῆς ἄρχων· ἐνταῦθʼ εἰσέρχεται βουλευτὴς² Δημοσθένης, οὔτε λαχὼν οὔτʼ ἐπιλαχών, ἀλλʼ ἐκ παρασκευῆς πριάμενος, ἵνʼ εἰς ὑποδοχὴν ἅπαντα καὶ λέγοι καὶ πράττοι Φιλοκράτει, ὡς αὐτὸ ἔδειξε τὸ ἔργον.

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).) — 62 focus

[62] Philocrates made a motion¹ that we permit Philip to send to us a herald and ambassadors to treat concerning peace. This motion was attacked in the courts as illegal. The time of the trial came. Lycinus, who had indicted him, spoke for the prosecution; Philocrates made answer for himself, and Demosthenes spoke in his behalf;² Philocrates was cleared. After this came the archonship of Themistocles.³ Now Demosthenes came in as senator, not drawn by the lot either as a member of the senate or as a substitute, but through intrigue and bribery; the purpose of it was to enable him to support Philocrates in every way, by word and deed, as the event itself made evident.

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Against Ctesiphon

1. ἐπῄει Weidner: ἐπῄει χρόνος MSS.

2. After βουλευτὴς the MSS. have εἰς τὸ βουλευτήριον· Blass brackets.

Aeschines Against Ctesiphon 62

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