Dinarchus, Against Aristogiton, ed. J. O. Burtt, 15

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[15] ὅτι δῶρα καθʼ ὑμῶν ἐξηλέγχθησαν λαμβάνοντες, ἀλλʼ ἐτιμωρήσασθε, καὶ δικαίως, οἷς εἰ μὴ πάντα ἀλλὰ πολλά γε συνῇστε¹ χρήσιμα πεπολιτευμένοις²· τὸν δὲ κατάρατον τοῦτον, ὃς ἀγαθὸν μὲν ὑμᾶς οὐδεπώποτε πεποίηκεν³ ἐξ οὗ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν προσελήλυθε, κακὸν δʼ ὅ τι δυνατός ἐστιν, ἀφήσετε; καὶ τίς οὐκ ἂν ἐγκαλέσειεν ὑμῖν τοῖς τοῦτον προσδεχομένοις⁴ σύμβουλον; ὅταν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος γνώριμον καὶ φανερὰν⁵ καὶ περιβόητον τὴν πονηρίαν παρὰ πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις ἔχων ἐν ὑμῖν⁶ δημηγορῇ, τότε τοὺς ἀκούοντας ὑμᾶς οἱ περιεστηκότες θαυμάσουσι, πότερα⁷ βελτίους οὐκ ἔχετε συμβούλους ἢ καὶ χαίρετε τῶν τοιούτων ἀκούοντες.

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

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Κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος (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 Aristogiton Perseus (Dinarchus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 15 focus

[15] After rejecting all thought of pardon for Demades and Demosthenes, because they were proved to have been taking bribes against you, and punishing them,—quite rightly, though you knew that they had served you during their administration, certainly in many respects if not in everything,—will you acquit this accursed man who has not done you a service ever since he has been in politics but has been the greatest possible menace? Would not everyone reproach you if you accepted such a person as your adviser? For when you are addressed by a man whose wickedness is both notorious and undeniable and a byword among all Athenians, the bystanders will wonder whether you who listen to him have no better advisers or whether you enjoy hearing such people.

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Against Aristogiton

1. συνῇστε Hirschig: σύνιστε codd.

2. πεπολιτευμένοις Ν: πολιτευομένοις Α.

3. οὐδεπώποτε πεποίηκεν Maetzner: οὐδέποτε πεποίηκεν Ν: πεποίηκεν οὐδεπώποτε Α.

4. προσδεχομένοις Ν: δεχομένοις Α.

5. γνώριμον καὶ φανερὰν Reiske: γνώριμος καὶ φανερὸς codd.

6. ἐν ὑμῖν om. A.

7. πότερα Ν: πότερον Α.

Dinarchus Against Aristogiton 15

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