Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. J. O. Burtt, 4

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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

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).) — 4 focus

[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.

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On the Twelve Years

1. εὔνοιαν]; εὐδαιμονίανSauppe.

2. ζῆνSauppe: νῦνcodd.

3. ἀφαιρήσηταιC: ἀφαιρήσεταιcett.: ἀφαιρῆταιBekker.

Demades On the Twelve Years 4

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