Hyperides, Funeral Oration, ed. J. O. Burtt, 8

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[8] ἀλλὰ περὶ τῆς παιδείας αὐτῶν ἐπι μνησθῶ, καὶ ὡς ἐν πολλῇ ς ωφροσύνῃ παῖδες ὄντ ες ἐτράφησαν καὶ ἐπαιδε ύθησαν¹ ὅπερ εἰώθασίν τινες ποιεῖν;² ἀλλʼ οἶμαι π άντας εἰδέναι ὅτι τούτο υ ἕνεκα³ τοὺ ς παῖδας παιδεύο μεν,⁴ ἵνα ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ γ ένωνται⁵· τοὺς δὲ γεγενημ ένους ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἄνδρ ας ὑπερβάλλοντας τῇ ἀ ρετῇ, πρόδηλόν ἐστιν ὅτι πα ῖδες ὄντες καλῶς ἐπαιδε ύθησαν.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

Ἐπιτάφιος (Greek) (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).)

Translations (1)

Funeral Oration Perseus (Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 8 focus

[8] Am I then to touch upon their education, and, as other speakers often do, remind you how as children they were reared and trained in strict self-discipline? None of us, I think, is unaware that our aim in training children is to convert them into valiant men; and that men who have proved of exceptional courage in war were well brought up in childhood needs no stressing.

Notes on the current edition

Funeral Oration

1. ἐπαιδεύθησαν Babington.

2. τινες ποιεῖν Jensen ( ποιεῖν iam Lightfoot): παιδεύειν Sauppe.

3. ἕνεκα Sauppe.

4. παιδεύομεν Sauppe.

5. γένωνται Babington.

Hyperides Funeral Oration 8

ed. J. O. Burtt

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers