Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. J. O. Burtt, 2

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[2] ἐμπεσὼν δʼ αὐτὸς εἰς μέσην τὴν τῶν¹ ῥητόρων δυσμένειαν, ὥσπερ τῆς παρὰ θεῶν, οὕτω τῆς παρʼ ὑμῶν δέομαι τυχεῖν βοηθείας. διαβάλλουσι γάρ μου τὸν βίον, οἰόμενοι τὸν λόγον ἄπιστον καταστήσειν. ἐγὼ δʼ ἀποθανὼν μὲν ἢ ζῶν οὐδέν εἰμι· τί γὰρ Ἀθηναίοις, εἰ² παρανάλωμα³ Δημάδης;⁴ δακρύσει δέ μου τὴν ἀπώλειαν οὐχ ὁ στρατιώτης⁵ — πῶς γὰρ; ὃν αὔξει μὲν πόλεμος, εἰρήνη δʼ οὐ τρέφει — ἀλλʼ ὁ τὴν χώραν γεωργῶν καὶ ὁ τὴν θάλατταν πλέων καὶ πᾶς ὁ τὸν ἡσύχιον βίον ἠγαπηκώς, ᾧ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐτείχισα, τοὺς ὅρους τῆς χώρας περιβαλὼν οὐ λίθοις ἀλλὰ τῇ τῆς πόλεως ἀσφαλείᾳ.

On the Twelve Years. Demades. ed. J. O. Burtt. London. 1954.

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Ὑπὲρ τῆς δωδεκαετίας (Greek) (Demades. Minor Attic Orators. Burtt, John Ormiston, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (1962 printing).)

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On the Twelve Years Perseus (Demades. Minor Attic Orators. Burtt, John Ormiston, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 (1962 printing).) — 2 focus

[2] Since I have myself become exposed to the full hatred of the orators, I am asking not only for divine assistance but for your help also. For they are casting aspersions on my personal history, thinking to undermine your confidence in my speech. I am of no consequence whether alive or dead; for what do the Athenians care if Demades is lost to them, too? No soldier will shed tears over my death—(How could he, when war brings him advancement and peace destroys his livelihood?); but it will be lamented by the farmer, the sailor, and everyone who has enjoyed the peaceful life with which I fortified Attica , encircling its boundaries, not with stone, but with the safety of the city.

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On the Twelve Years

1. μέσην τὴν τῶνSauppe: τὴν τῶνE: μέσην τῶνcett.

2. εἰ]; ἢStephanus.

3. παρανάλωμα]; παραναλοῦμαιBlass.

4. Post Δημάδηςverba ἐμοῦ δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην συμβουλεύοντοςadd. e.

5. στρατιώτης]; στρατόςe.

Demades On the Twelve Years 2

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