Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 81

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[81] τοιοῦτος ὑμῖν ὁ σύμβουλος, καὶ δύο ταύτας μόνας ἐν τῷ βίῳ¹ Δημοσθένης πεποίηται ἀποδημίας, μετὰ τὴν μάχην ὅτʼ ἀπεδίδρασκεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ νῦν εἰς Ὀλυμπίαν, ἐπεὶ Νικάνορι διὰ τῆς ἀρχεθεωρίας ἐντυχεῖν ἐβούλετο. ἄξιόν γε τούτῳ παρακαταθέσθαι τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἐπιτρέψαι² κινδυνεύειν μέλλοντας, ὃς ὅτε μὲν ἔδει μάχεσθαι μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων τοῖς πολεμίοις, λιπὼν τὴν τάξιν ᾤχετο ἀπιὼν οἴκαδε, ἐπειδὴ δὲ προσῆκεν οἴκοι κινδυνεύειν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων, πρεσβευτὴν αὐτὸς αὑτὸν προβαλόμενος³ ᾤχετο ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἀποδρὰς,

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).) — 81 focus

[81] That is the character of your adviser. Demosthenes has made only these two journeys abroad in his life¹: one after the battle when he ran away from the city, and another just recently to Olympia when he wanted to use the presidency of the sacred embassy as a means of meeting Nicanor .² A right thing indeed to entrust the city to this man's charge, when danger confronts us! When it was time to fight against the enemy, side by side with his fellows, he left his post and made for home; yet when he should have stayed at home to face danger with them, he offered himself as an envoy and ran away and left the city.

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Against Demosthenes

1. ἐν τῷ βίῳ] delendum ci. Maetzner, qui post μάχην interpunxit.

2. ἐπιτρέψαι Α: ἐπιτρέψειν Ν.

3. προβαλόμενος A corr. ras.: προβαλλόμενος A pr. N.

Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 81

ed. J. O. Burtt

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