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

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[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·

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

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

[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:

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Against Philippides

1. τοῦτον Jensen: μικρὸν Blass, Kenyon.

2. προείλοντο Blass.

3. Post Δημοκράτης add. νῦν Kenyon: om. Jensen.

4. παρακαθήμενος Jensen: συγκαθήμενος Kenyon.

5. καὶ χορὸν ἱστὰς Blass.

6. λοιδορεῖθʼ Blass.

7. ἐν Blass.

8. ἔνι λέγειν Blass.

9. φλαῦρον Cronert: φαῦλον Kenyon.

Hyperides Against Philippides 2

ed. J. O. Burtt

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