Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 35

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[35] ἀλλὰ μὴν ὅτι παρʼ ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς¹ πᾶσιν εὐδοκιμεῖν αὐτοὺς ἀναγκαῖον, ἐκ τούτων φανερόν ἐστιν· ἐν Ἅιδου δὲ λογίσασθαι ἄξιον, τίνες οἱ τὸν ἡγεμόνα δεξιωσόμενοι τὸν τούτων. ἆρʼ οὐκ ἂν οἰόμεθα ὁρᾶν Λεωσθένη δεξιουμένους καὶ θαυμάζοντας τῶν ἡμιθέων καλουμένων² τοὺς ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατεύσαντας,³ ὧν οὗτος ἀδελφὰς πράξεις ἐνστησάμενος τοσοῦτον διήνεγκε, ὥστε οἱ μὲν μετὰ πάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος μίαν πόλιν εἷλον, ὁ δὲ μετὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδος μόνης πᾶσαν τὴν τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τῆς Ἀσίας ἄρχουσαν δύναμιν ἐταπείνωσεν.

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).) — 35 focus

[35] With us and all mankind, it is clear, in the light of these reflections, that their fame is now assured, but what of the lower world? Who, we may well ask ourselves, are waiting there to welcome the leader of these men? Are we not convinced that we should see, greeting Leosthenes with wonder, those of the so-called demi-gods who sailed against Troy : heroes whom he so far excelled, though his exploits were akin to theirs, that they with all Greece at their side took but one city, while he with his native town alone brought low the whole power which held Europe and Asia beneath its sway?

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Funeral Oration

1. λοιποῖς Babington: λόγοις S.

2. ἡμιθέων καλουμένων Cobet: δεηγορμένων καλουμένους S: διηγμένων καὶ ὑμνουμένων in obelis Kenyon: τῶνδε ἡγούμενον καὶ καλουμένους ci. l. a. Post.

3. τοὺς ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατεύσαντας Babington: τοὺς ἐπὶ στρατείαν στρασαντ. ς S.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 35

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