Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, ed. J. O. Burtt, 40

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[40] ὁρᾶν δʼ ἦν ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν θυρῶν γυναῖκας ἐλευθέρας, περιφόβους κατεπτηχυίας καὶ πυνθανομένας εἰ ζῶσι, τὰς μὲν ὑπὲρ ἀνδρός, τὰς δʼ ὑπὲρ πατρός, τὰς δʼ ὑπὲρ ἀδελφῶν, ἀναξίως αὑτῶν καὶ τῆς πόλεως ὁρωμένας, τῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν¹ τοὺς τοῖς σώμασιν ἀπειρηκότας καὶ ταῖς ἡλικίαις² πρεσβυτέρους καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν νόμων τοῦ στρατεύεσθαι ἀφειμένους³ ἰδεῖν ἦν καθʼ ὅλην τὴν⁴ πόλιν τότʼ ἐπὶ γήρως ὀδῷ περιφθειρομένους,⁵ διπλᾶ τὰ ἱμάτια⁶ ἐμπεπορπημένους;

Against Leocrates. Lycurgus. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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

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Against Leocrates Perseus (Lycurgus. Minor Attic Orators, Vol. 2. Burtt, J. O., translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (printing).) — 40 focus

[40] Free women could be seen crouching at the doors in terror inquiring for the safety of their husbands, fathers or brothers, offering a spectacle degrading to themselves and to the city. The men who had outlived their stength and were advanced in life, exempt by law from service in the field, could be seen throughout the city, now on the threshold of the grave, wretchedly scurrying with their cloaks pinned double round them.

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Against Leocrates

1. Verba τῶν δ’ ἀνδρῶν usque ad ἐμπεπορπημένους cit. Suidas (s. v. πεπορπημένος).

2. ταῖς ἡλικίαις Suidas: τὰς ἡλικίας codd.

3. ἀφειμένους Suidas: ἀφεμένους codd.

4. τὴν et τότʼ Suidas: om. codd.

5. ὀδῷ περιφθειρομένους Suidas: οὐδῷ διαφθειρομένους codd.

6. τὰ ἱμάτια om. Suidas: θαἰμάτια Blass.

Lycurgus Against Leocrates 40

ed. J. O. Burtt

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