Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 17

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[17] One circumstance did much to reinforce their purpose as champions of Greece : the fact that the earlier battle was fought in Boeotia .¹ They saw that the city of Thebes had been tragically annihilated from the face of the earth, that its citadel was garrisoned by the Macedonians, and that the persons of its inhabitants were in slavery, while others parcelled out the land among themselves. And so these threats, revealed before their eyes, gave them an undaunted courage to meet danger gladly.

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).) — 17 focus

[17] μέγα δʼ αὐτοῖς συνεβάλετ ο εἰς τὸ προθύμως ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἑλλάδος¹ ἀγωνίσασθαι τὸ ἐν τῇ Βοιωτίᾳ τὴν μάχην τὴν π ροτέραν² γενέσθαι. ἑώρων γὰ ρ τὴν μὲν πόλιν τῶν Θηβαίων οἰκτ ρῶς ἠφανισμένην ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, τὴν δὲ ἀκρόπολιν αὐτῆς φρουρου μένην ὑπὸ τῶν Μακεδόνων, τὰ δὲ σώματα τῶν ἐνοικούντων ἐξηνδραποδισμένα, τὴν δὲ χώραν ἄλλους διανεμομένους, ὥστε πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁρώμενα αὐτοῖς τὰ δεινὰ ἄοκνον π αρεῖχε τόλμα ν εἰς τὸ κινδυνεύειν προχείρως.

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Funeral Oration

1. The points which Hyperides makes in this and in the following section will not bear examination. For (1) the first victory was gained in the territory of Plataea , not within sight of Thebes ; (2) the second battle was probably fought near Heraclea in Trachis , and its site could not be seen from Anthela where the Amphictyonic council met. Moreover, the council met there only once a year and could hardly be called representative of the whole of Greece .

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