Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 84

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[84] ἡ βουλὴ εὕρηκε Δημοσθένην. τί δεῖ πολλῶν λόγων; ἀποπέφαγκεν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι. τὸ μὲν τοίνυν δίκαιον ἦν ὑφʼ ἑαυτοῦ κεκριμένον εὐθὺς ἀποθνῄσκειν· ἐπειδὴ δʼ εἰς τὰς ὑμετέρας ἥκει χεῖρας τῶν¹ ὑπὲρ τοῦ δήμου συνειλεγμένων καὶ τῶν ὀμωμοκότων² πείσεσθαι³ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ τοῖς τοῦ δήμου ψηφίσμασι, τί ποιήσετε; προήσεσθε τὴν πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσέβειαν καὶ τὰ παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις δίκαια νομιζόμενα;

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).) — 84 focus

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Decree

The council has found Demosthenes guilty. Need we enlarge on this? It has made its report on him, Athenians. Justice demanded that, having been self-condemned, he should immediately be put to death. But now that he has fallen into the hands of you who have been assembled by the people and have sworn to obey the laws and the people's decrees, what will you do? Will you ignore the claims of piety towards the gods and the justice recognized by the world? No, Athenians, do not do so.

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Against Demosthenes

1. τῶν . . . συνειλεγμένων . . . τῶν ὀμωμοκότων Stephanus ( συνειλεγμένων iam Ald.): τοὺς . . . συνειλεγμένους . . . τοὺς ὀμωμοκότας codd.

2. See the preceding note

3. πείσεσθαι Baiter: πείθεσθαι codd.

Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 84

ed. J. O. Burtt

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