Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 80

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Rest of the Decree

Listen to that, gentlemen of the jury. The decree says that the chosen embassies shall set out. When, after the battle of Chaeronea , he heard that Philip intended to invade our country he appointed himself an envoy, so as to escape from the city, and went off,¹ after scraping together eight talents from the treasury, without a thought about the plight we were in, at a time when everyone else was contributing from his own money to ensure your protection.

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).) — 80 focus

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Τὸ Λοιπὸν τοῦ Ψηφίσματος

ἀκούετε, ἄνδρες δικασταί. ἀπιέναι φησὶ τὸ ψήφισμα¹ τὰς ᾑρημένας² πρεσβείας. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ³ ἤκουσε μετὰ τὴν μάχην τὴν ἐν Χαιρωνεία Φίλιππον εἰς τὴν χώραν ἡμῶν μέλλειν εἰσβάλλειν, αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν πρεσβευτὴν κατασκευάσας, ἵνʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἀποδραίη, ᾤχετο⁴ συσκευασάμενος ἐκ⁵ τῆς διοικήσεως ὀκτὼ τάλαντα, οὐδὲν φροντίσας τῆς τότε παρούσης ἀπορίας, ἡνίχʼ οἱ ἄλλοι πάντες ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐπεδίδοσαν εἰς τὴν ὑμετέραν σωτηρίαν.

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Against Demosthenes

1. Dinarchus is perhaps referring to the fact that after Chaeronea Demosthenes was appointed a commissioner for corn ( σιτώνης) and went abroad to procure it (cf. Dem. 18.248 ). Alternatively when appeals for help were made by Athens to some of the islands (cf. Lyc. 1.42 ) Demosthenes may have served as an envoy.

Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 80

ed. J. O. Burtt

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