Hyperides, Against Philippides, ed. J. O. Burtt, 2

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[2] And when the power recently shifted from them to Philip they then chose to flatter him and Democrates of Aphidna ¹ who never leaves their sides makes jokes on the city’s misfortunes, abusing you in the market place by day and then coming at evening to dine at your table. And yet you, Democrates, are the one person who has no right to say a single hard word against the state, for two reasons:

Against Philippides. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Against Philippides (English) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Φιλιππίδου Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 2 focus

[2] ἐπεὶ δὲ νῦν ἡ ἐκείνων δύναμις εἰς τοῦτον¹ μετέστη, τότε δὴ κολακεύειν προείλον το²· καὶ Δημοκράτη ς³ αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἀφιδναῖος ἀεὶ παρακαθήμενος⁴ καὶ ον ἱστὰς⁵ γελωτοπ οιεῖ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῆς πόλεω ς ἀτυχήμασιν, καὶ λο ιδορεῖθʼ⁶ ὑμῖν μεθʼ ἡμέρα ν ἐν⁷ τῇ ἀγορᾷ, εἰς ἑσπέρα ν δὲ δειπν ήσων ὡς ὑμ ᾶς ἔρχεται. καίτοι, ὦ Δημ όκρατες, μόνῳ σοι οὐκ ἔνι λέγειν⁸ περὶ τοῦ δήμου φλαῦρον⁹ οὐδέν·

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Against Philippides

1. Democrates of Aphidna was a politician whom Aeschines mentions ( Aeschin. 2. 17 ;cf. Isaeus 6. 22 ). He had quite a reputation for wit and some of his sayings are preserved. As a descendant of one of the tyrant-slayers, probably of Aristogiton, who appears to have been a member of the tribe Aphidna , he enjoyed free meals in the Prytaneum, a privilege to which apparently only the eldest of each line was entitled ( CIA1.8; 2. 240).

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