[29] When he entered—but you shall have the conversation as it stands.
Archias
.Antipater
Archias
Is it well with you, Antipater?Antipater
It is well, if you have brought Demosthenes.Archias
I have brought him as I might. I have the urn that holds his remains,Antipater
Ha? my hopes are dashed. What avail ashes and urns, if I have not Demosthenes?Archias
The soul, O King, may not be prisoned in a man’s own despite.Antipater
Why took you him not alive?Archias
We took him.Antipater
And he has died on the way?Archias
He died where he was, in Calauria.Antipater
Your neglect is to blame; you took not due care of him.Archias
Nay, it lies not at our door.Antipater
What mean you? These are riddles, Archias; you took him alive, and you have him not?Demosthenis encomium. Lucian of Samosota. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.
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