Hyperides, Against Philippides, ed. J. O. Burtt, 7

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[7] εἰ δʼ ο ἴει κορδακίζων καὶ γελ ωτοποιῶν, ὅπερ ποι εῖν εἴωθας,¹ ἐπὶ τῶν δικαστη ρίων ἀποφεύξεσθαι, ε ὐήθης εἶ, ἢ παρὰ τούτ οις² συγγνώμην ἢ ἔ λεόν³ τινα παρὰ τὸ δίκαι ον ὑπάρ χειν.⁴ πολλοῦ γε δ εῖ. οὐ γὰρ⁵⁶ ἀπέθου σαυτῷ εὔνοιαν παρὰ τῷ δήμῳ, ἀλλʼ ἑτέρωθι, οὐδὲ τοὺς σῶσαί σε δυναμένους ᾤου δεῖν κολακεύειν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῷ δήμῳ φοβεροὺς ὄντας.

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).) — 7 focus

[7] But if you think that your usual vulgarity and joking will secure your pardon in court or win from these men any indulgence or sympathy to which you are not entitled, you are a fool and very far from the mark. You see, you laid up popularity for yourself, not in Athens , but elsewhere. You thought fit to cringe before those whom the people feared rather than before the men who now have power to save you.

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Against Philippides

1. Post εἴωθας interpunxit Kenyon: infra, post δικαστηρίων Blass.

2. τούτοις Jenson: τούτων φὴς Kenyon.

3. ἔλεόν Sandys.

4. ὑπάρχειν Blass.

5. δεῖ. οὐ γὰρ Herwerden et Diels.

6. Column 5

Hyperides Against Philippides 7

ed. J. O. Burtt

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