Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 14

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[14] δίκαιον δʼ ἐστὶν μὴ μ όνον ὧν ἔπραξεν Λεωσθέν ην ἀεὶ¹ χάριν ἔχειν αὐτῷ πρ ώτῳ,² ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ὕστερον γενομένης μάχης μετὰ τ ὸν ἐκείνου³ θάνατον, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀγαθῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ ς τρατείᾳ ταύτῃ συμβάντων τοῖς Ἕλλησιν· ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῖς ὑπὸ Λεωσθένους τεθεῖσιν θεμελίοις οἰκοδομοῦσιν οἱ νῦν τὰς ὕστερον πράξεις.

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).) — 14 focus

[14] Leosthenes must have first claim upon our gratitude for ever, not only for the acts performed by him, but also for the later battle, fought after his death, and for those other triumphs which the Greeks have gained in this campaign. For on the foundations laid by Leosthenes the subsequent success of his survivors rests.

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Funeral Oration

1. ἀεὶ Jensen (sed in add.: καὶ) ζῶν Kenyon.

2. πρώτῳ Blass.

3. ἐκείνου Muller.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 14

ed. J. O. Burtt

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