Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, ed. J. O. Burtt, 32

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[32] And you, gentlemen of the jury, took them in when they were banished; you made them citizens and granted them a share of all your privileges. Remembering, after more than a hundred and fifty years,¹ the help they gave you against the barbarian, you felt that when men had been of service to you in times of danger you should protect them in their misfortune. But this abandoned wretch, who forsook you and was enrolled at Troezen , engaged in nothing that was worthy either of the constitution or the spirit of that city. He treated those who had welcomed him so cruelly that in the Assembly fled.²

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

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[32] καὶ ὑμεῖς μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, ἐκπεσόντας αὐτοὺς ὑπεδέξασθε καὶ πολίτας ἐποιήσασθε καὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων ἀγαθῶν πάντων μετέδοτε, ἀπομνημονεύσαντες τὴν εὐεργεσίαν τ ὴν πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον διʼ ἐτῶν πλειόνων ἢ¹ πεντήκοντα κ αὶ ἑκατόν, καὶ οἰόμενοι δεῖν τοὺς ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις ὑμῖν χρησίμους γενομένους τούτους ἀτυχοῦντ ας περις ωθῆναι² ὑφʼ ὑμῶν. οὗτος δὲ ὁ μιαρός, ὁ ἀφεὶς ὑμᾶς κἀκεῖ ἐγγραφ είς, οὔτε τῆς πολιτεί ας οὔτε τοῦ ἤθους τῆς πόλεως οὐδὲν ἐπετή δευεν ἄξιον³ ἀλ λʼ οὕτως ὠμῶς τοῖς ὑπο δεξαμένοις αὐτὸν⁴ ἐχρήσατο ὥστε μετα το ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ κατὰ τοῦτ ο ⁵ ραν δεδ ιὼς ιν κατέφ υγεν.

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Against Athenogenes

1. The Athenians sent women and children to Troezen before the battle of Salamis . (See Cic. de Offic. 3. 11.48 .) Hence we have a rough terminus post quem for the speech.

2. The sense appears to be, as Colin suggests, that he was accused in the Assemhly of the Troezenians, and, fearing punishment, fled back to Athens .

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