Dinarchus, Against Demosthenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 89

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[89] ἔγραψεν αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ δήμῳ Δημοσθένης, ὡς δηλονότι δικαίου τοῦ πράγματος ὄντος, φυλάττειν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὰ εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἀφικόμενα μετὰ Ἁρπάλου χρήματα. οὕτως οὖν, ὦ ἄριστε, εἰπέ μοι, φυλάξομεν,¹ ἐὰν σὺ μὲν εἴκοσι τάλαντα λαβὼν ἔχῃς ἰδίᾳ,² ἕτερος δὲ πεντεκαίδεκα, Δημάδης δʼ ἑξακισχιλίους χρυσοῦ στατῆρας, ἕτεροι δʼ ὅσα δή ποτε ἀποπεφασμένοι εἰσί; τέτταρα³ γὰρ τάλαντʼ ἐστὶ καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἤδη εὑρημένα, ὧν οἴεσθε τὴν αἰτίαν τούτοις δεῖν⁴ ἀναθεῖναι.

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).) — 89 focus

[89] Demosthenes himself proposed in the Assembly, clearly implying that it was a just step to take, that we should keep for Alexander the money brought into Attica with Harpalus.¹ Tell me, sir: are we going to keep it under present conditions, when you have taken twenty talents for personal use, someone else fifteen, Demades six thousand gold staters, and the others the various sums that have been credited to them? For sixty-four talents have already been traced, for which, you must conclude, gentlemen, that these men are to be held responsible.

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Against Demosthenes

1. φυλάξομεν Α: φυλάξωμεν Ν.

2. ἰδίᾳ Wurm: ἴδια codd.

3. τέτταρα Α corr. (2): τετρακόσια Α pr. N: διακόσια Thalheim.

4. τούτοις δεῖν ( δεῖν post οἴεσθε iam Reiske) Blass: τουτοισὶν codd.

Dinarchus Against Demosthenes 89

ed. J. O. Burtt

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