Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. J. O. Burtt, 5

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[5] δότε δή μοι πρὸς θεῶν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, δότε διαλεχθῆναι ὡς προαιροῦμαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ τῶν δικαίων. δοκῶ μὲν γὰρ δύναμιν εἶναί μοι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις βοηθεῖν· ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἐμποδίζει μου τὸν λόγον ὁ φόβος. ἄλλως δʼ οὐ τὸν ἔλεγχον τοῦ πράγματος δέδοικα,¹ ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν ἀντιδίκων διαβολὴν μόνον, ἥτις² οὐ κρίνει τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας, ἀλλὰ φύεται τοῖς δοκοῦσι³ λέγειν ἢ πράττειν.

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).) — 5 focus

[5] I entreat you by the gods, Athenians, give me free scope to explain to you my claims to fair treatment. I have, I believe, the power even to be of assistance to others, but on this occasion fear restrains my speech. Apart from that I am not afraid that the facts will convict me; all I fear is my opponents’ slander which, instead of bringing wrongdoers to justice, attaches to any with a reputation as an orator or statesman.

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On the Twelve Years

1. δέδοικαom. codd. praeter C.

2. τὴν τῶν ἀντιδίκων διαβολὴν μόνον, ἥτιςC: τῇ τῶν ἀδίκων μόνον, ὃςcett.: τὸν τῶν ἀντιδίκων φθόνον, ὃςSauppe.

3. δοκοῦσι]; εὖ δοκοῦσιBekker: δοκοῦσί τιSauppe.

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