Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, ed. J. O. Burtt, 63

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[63] ἴσως οὖν τῶν συνηγόρων αὐτῷ τολμήσει τις εἰπεῖν, μικρὸν τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιῶν, ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν παρʼ ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο τούτων· καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνονται¹ τοιαύτην ἀπολογίαν ποιούμενοι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐφʼ ᾗ δικαίως ἂν ἀποθάνοιεν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁμολογοῦσι τὴν πατρίδα αὐτὸν ἐκλιπεῖν, τοῦτο συγχωρήσαντες ὑμᾶς ἐώντων² διαγνῶναι περὶ τοῦ μεγέθους· εἰ δʼ ὅλως μηδὲν τούτων πεποίηκεν, οὐ μανία δή που τοῦτο λέγειν, ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν γένοιτο³ παρὰ τοῦτον;⁴

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).) — 63 focus

[63] Perhaps one of his advocates will dare to belittle the offence and say that none of these misfortunes could have resulted from the action of one man. They are not ashamed to make before you the kind of plea for which they deserve to die. For if they admit that he deserted his country, once they have granted this, let them leave it to you to determine the seriousness of the offence; and even if he has committed none of these crimes, surely it is madness to say that this one man could cause no harm.

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Against Leocrates

1. αἰσχύνονται αἰσχυνοῦνται Es.

2. ἐώντων Es: ἐάτωσαν codd.

3. ἂν γένοιτο Halm: ἂν γένηται codd.: ἂν γίγνοιτο Blass: γεγένηται aut ἂν ἐγένετο Bekker.

4. τοῦτον Ald.: τοῦτο codd.

Lycurgus Against Leocrates 63

ed. J. O. Burtt

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