Demades, On the Twelve Years, ed. J. O. Burtt, 7

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[7] ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τῆς ἄλλης μου πολιτείας κατηγορεῖν ἐπεχείρησαν, βραχέα βούλομαι περὶ αὐτῆς εἰπεῖν, ἔπειθʼ οὕτως ἐπὶ τὴν λοιπὴν δικαιολογίαν ἀπελθεῖν, ἵνα μὴ λάθωσιν ὑμᾶς παρακρουσάμενοι. γεγονὼς γάρ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, Δημέου¹ πατρός, ὡς καὶ ὑμῶν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι γινώσκουσι, τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον οὕτως ἔζων ὡς ἐδυνάμην, οὔτε κοινῇ τὸν δῆμον ἀδικῶν οὔτʼ ἰδίᾳ λυπῶν οὐδένα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, πειρώμενος δʼ ἀεὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις πόνοις τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ βίου διορθοῦσθαι.

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).) — 7 focus

[7] As they attempted to question the rest of my administration, I wish to make a few points in connexion with it and then to pass on to the remainder of my defence in order to prove their dishonesty to you. I am the son of Demeas, Athenians, as the elder ones among you know, and the early part of my life I lived as best I could, neither doing harm to the community nor troubling any individual in the city. I merely persisted in trying, by my own efforts, to better my humble position.

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On the Twelve Years

1. ΔημέουBlass (iam ΔημαίουLhardy et Kiessling): Δημάδουcodd.

Demades On the Twelve Years 7

ed. J. O. Burtt

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