Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. John Ormiston Burtt, 4

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[4] Now, if you hold me liable for the charges, condemn me out of hand; I ask no pardon. But if, on considerations of justice, law, and expediency, I prove to be innocent of these charges, do not leave me to the savagery of my prosecutors. If my death will contribute in the least, as these men say, to the common safety, I am ready to die. For it is a noble thing to win public esteem by the loss of one’s own life, so long as it is given in answer to the country’s need and not the argument of these accusers.

On the Twelve Years. Demades. ed. John Ormiston Burtt. London. 1954.

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On the Twelve Years (English) (Demades. Minor Attic Orators. Burtt, John Ormiston, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (1962 printing).)

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[4] ἐὰν μὲν οὖν φαίνωμαι τοῖς ἐγκαλουμένοις ἔνοχος, καταψηφίσασθε, μὴ φείσησθε· οὐ παραιτοῦμαι· ἂν δʼ εὑρίσκωμαι τῶν ἐγκεκλημένων κεχωρισμένος τῷ δικαίῳ, τοῖς νόμοις, τῷ συμφέροντι, μὴ πρόησθέ με τῇ τῶν κατηγόρων ὠμότητι. εἰ δὲ πάντως ἀποθανὼν συμβαλοῦμαί τι πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν σωτηρίαν, ὡς οὗτοι λέγουσιν, ἑτοίμως ἔχω τελευτᾶν· κτήσασθαι γὰρ ἰδίῳ θανάτῳ δημοσίαν εὔνοιαν¹ καλόν, ἐὰν ἡ χρεία τῆς πατρίδος, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ τούτων λόγος τὸ ζῆν² ἀφαιρήσηται.³

Demades On the Twelve Years 4

ed. John Ormiston Burtt

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