Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 5

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[5] ζητεῖ ἡ βουλή, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν προκλήσεων μαθοῦσα τὸ δίκαιον, οὐδὲ τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν πίστιν τὴν περὶ¹ αὑτῆς² ἐπὶ σοῦ καταλῦσαι βουλομένη, ἀλλʼ, ὅπερ καὶ αὐτοὶ οἱ Ἀρεοπαγῖται εἶπον, προορῶσα μὲν³ ἡ βουλή, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν τούτων ἰσχὺν καὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν δύναμιν, οὐκ οἰομένη δὲ δεῖν οὐδεμίαν ὑπολογίζεσθαι τῶν περὶ αὑτῆς⁴ ἐσομένων βλασφημιῶν, εἴ τις μέλλει τῇ πατρίδι αὐτῆς⁵ αἰτία μοχθηρὰ καὶ κίνδυνος ἔσεσθαι.

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

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

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Against Demosthenes Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] In reaching a just decision it paid no heed to your challenges, Demosthenes, nor did it wish to pervert the truth or destroy its own reputation on your account. On the contrary, gentlemen, although, as the Areopagites themselves said, the council realized beforehand the strength of these men and their influence as orators and statesmen, it did not consider that if incrimination or danger was threatening its country it ought to be influenced by any misrepresentation likely to be published about itself.

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Against Demosthenes

1. περὶ] προτέραν Rosenberg: πατρίαν Blass.

2. αὑτῆς Bekker: αὐτῆς codd.

3. μὲν add. Reiske.

4. αὑτῆς Bekker: αὐτῆς codd.

5. αὐτῆς] αὐτοῖς, cum BL, Bekker: αὐτῇ Baiter: τις Blass, qui τις post εἰ seclusit.

Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 5

ed. J. O. Burtt

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