Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 34

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[34] ἀμφότερα γὰρ ε περὶ Λεως θένους καὶ τῶν τ ελευτησάντων ἐν τῷ πολ έμῳ.¹ εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἡδονῆς ἕν εκεν μνημονεύουσιν τὰς τ οιαύτας καρτερίας, τί γέ νοιτʼ ἂν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἥδι ον ἢ ἔπαινος τῶν τὴν ἐλευθερί αν παρασκευασάντων ἀ πὸ τῶν Μακεδόνων;² εἰ δὲ ὠφελείας ἕνεκεν³ ἡ τοια ύτη μνήμη⁴⁵ γίγνεται, τίς ἂν λόγος ὠφελήσειεν μᾶλλον τὰς τῶν ἀκουσόντων⁶ ψυχὰς τοῦ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐγκωμιάσοντος⁷ καὶ τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας;

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).) — 34 focus

[34] For if it is for pleasure that men recall such feats of courage, what could be more pleasing to Greeks than the praise of those who gave them freedom from the Macedonian yoke? Or if it is desire for profit that prompts such recollections, what speech could be of greater profit to the hearts of those about to hear it than one which is to honor courage and brave men?

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Funeral Oration

1. ἀμφότερα usque ad πολέμῳ Cobet.

2. εἰ μὲν γὰρ usque ad Μακεδόνων post Cobet et alios Blass.

3. ὠφελείας ἕνεκεν Babington.

4. μνήμη Cobet.

5. Column 12

6. ἀκουσόντων ἀκουόντων Sauppe.

7. ἐγκωμιάσοντος ἐγκωμιάζοντος Sauppe.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 34

ed. J. O. Burtt

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