Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 1

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[1] The words to be pronounced above this grave, a tribute to Leosthenes the general and the others who have perished with him in the war, for the courage they have shown, have as their witness time itself . . .¹ nor better men than these now dead nor more resplendent actions. Indeed my greatest doubt today is lest my speech may prove unworthy of their exploits.

Funeral Oration. Hyperides. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Funeral Oration (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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Ἐπιτάφιος Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] ¹ τῶν μὲν λόγων τ ῶν μελλόντων² ῥηθήσες θαι ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ περί τε³ Λεωσθένους τοῦ στ ρατηγοῦ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄ λλων τῶν μετʼ ἐκείνου τετελευτηκότων ἐν τ ῷ πολέμῳ, ὡς ἦσαν ἄν δρες ἀγαθοί, μά ρτυς⁴ αὐτὸς ὁ χρόνος⁵ ὁ ς ωι τὰς πρ άξεις⁶ ς ἀνθρω π ν πω κα ἑώρακε ωρ ἐν τῷ παντὶ αἰῶ νι γεγενη οὔτε ἄνδρας ἀμείνους τῶν τετελευτ ηκότων οὔτε πρ άξεις μεγαλοπρεπεστ έρας.

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Funeral Oration

1. The missing words were restored by Sudhaus so as to give the following sense: time itself which holds the record of their deeds. For no man known during the history of the world has seen in any land a nobler choice than this or better men, etc.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 1

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