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

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[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.

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

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

[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.

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Funeral Oration

1. Column 1

2. Col. 1 plerumque restituit Blass.

3. περί τε Cobet.

4. μάρτυς Buecheler.

5. αὐτὸς ὁ χρόνος Kenyon.

6. τὰς πράξεις Babington: τὰ ὅπλα Kenyon.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 1

ed. J. O. Burtt

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