Hyperides Against Demosthenes frag_5

ed. J. O. Burtt

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

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Current edition Perseus

Against Demosthenes (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 Δημοσθένους ὑπὲρ τῶν Ἁρπαλείων Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — frag_1 focus

Notes on the current edition

Against Demosthenes

1. Sauppe suspected that the man here referred to was Aristion of Samos , a friend of Demosthenes who, according to >Harpocration (s. v. Ἀριστίων), was mentioned in this speech and was sent by Demosthenes to Hephaestion in order to reach an understanding with him. For Callias and Taurosthenes of Chalcis compare Din. 1.44 and note.
2. A comparison between the Euripus, a very changeable strait, and the character of Callias is made also by Aeschin. 3.90 .
3. Demosthenes was just over sixty.
4. The sense of this passage is probably: Since you condemned such generals as Timotheus, though you shrank from doing so, you should not hesitate to condemn Demosthenes. Compare Din. 1.16 .