Hyperides, Against Philippides, ed. J. O. Burtt, 9

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[9] Will you dare then presently to mention opportunities, when the opportunities you sought were for the city’s ruin? Have you brought your children with you into court, Philippides?¹ Are you going to bring them soon on to the platform and so claim pity from the jury? You have no right to pity. When others felt compassion for the city’s misfortunes, you and your like were exulting over her.² They had resolved to save Greece in a spirit which ill deserved the fate they met. But you, who are unjustly bringing Athens into the depths of shame, deserve the punishment you are now about.to suffer.

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).) — 9 focus

[9] εἶτα περὶ ¹ καιρῶν αὐτίκα δὴ τολμήσετε λέγειν τοὺς κατὰ τῆς πόλεως καιροὺς [οὐ]² παραφυλάξαντες; καὶ τὰ παιδία ἥκεις ἔχων εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον, καὶ ἀναβιβάσας αὐτίκα δὴ ἀξιώσεις ὑπὸ τούτων ἐλεεῖσθαι; ἀλλʼ οὐ δίκαιον· ὅτε γὰρ ἡ πόλις ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων ᾠκτείρετο διὰ τὰ συμβάν τα, τόθʼ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἐξυβρίζετο. καίτοι οὗτοι μὲν τὴν Ἑλλάδα σῴζειν προελόμενοι ἀνάξια τῶν φρονημάτων ἔπασχον, σὺ δὲ τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὰς ἐσχάτας αἰσχύνας ἀδίκως καθιστὰς νυνὶ δικαίως τιμωρίας τεύξῃ.

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1. For the bringing of children into court compare Hyp. 4.41 .

2. At the time of Chaeronea ( 338 B.C.).

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