Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 32

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[32] Charidemus¹ set out to visit the Persian King, wishing to do you some practical service apart from mere talking, and anxious at his own peril to win safety for you and every Greek. Demosthenes went round the market making speeches and associating himself with the project. So completely did fortune wreck this plan that it turned out in just the opposite way to what was expected.

Against Demosthenes. Dinarchus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Demosthenes (English) (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Δημοσθένους Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 32 focus

[32] ἀπῆρε Χαρίδημος πρὸς τὸν Περσῶν βασιλέα, χρήσιμος ὑμῖν οὐ λόγοις ἀλλʼ ἔργοις βουλόμενος γενέσθαι, καὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις τοῖς αὑτοῦ κινδύνοις ὑμῖν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ἕλλησι βουλόμενος τὴν σωτηρίαν παρασκευάσαι· περιιὼν οὗτος¹ κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ἐλογοποίει καὶ τῶν πραττομένων εἰσεποίει κοινωνὸν αὑτόν· οὕτω κατέστρεψεν ἡ τύχη ταῦτα ὥστʼ ἐναντία² γενέσθαι³ τοῖς προσδοκωμένοις.

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1. Charidemus of Oreos in Euboea was made an Athenian citizen for his services as a soldier ( Dem. 23.151 ). He went to Persia in 335 B.C., having been banished from Athens on the orders of Alexander ( Arr. 1.10.6 ), and after being well received at first by Darius, fell under suspicion two years later and was executed ( Dio. Sic. 17.30 ).

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