Lysias, Against Eratosthenes, who had been One of the Thirty: Spoken by Lysias Himself, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 63

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[63] Why, I suppose, if he had been in the government with Themistocles he would have been loud in claiming that he worked for the construction of the walls,¹ when he claims that he worked with Theramenes for their demolition? For I do not see that there is any parity of merit between them. The one constructed the walls against the wish of the Lacedaemonians, whereas the other demolished them by beguilement of the citizens.

Against Eratosthenes, who had been One of the Thirty: Spoken by Lysias Himself. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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κατὰ Ερατοσθένους τοῦ γενομένου τῶν τριάκοντα, ὃν αὐτὸς εἶπε Λυσίας Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 63 focus

[63] καίτοι σφόδρʼ ἂν αὐτὸν οἶμαι μετὰ Θεμιστοκλέους πολιτευόμενον προσποιεῖσθαι πράττειν ὅπως οἰκοδομηθήσεται τὰ τείχη, ὁπότε καὶ μετὰ Θηραμένους ὅπως καθαιρεθήσεται. οὐ γάρ μοι δοκοῦσιν ἴσου ἄξιοι γεγενῆσθαι· ὁ μὲν γὰρ Λακεδαιμονίων ἀκόντων ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτά, οὗτος δὲ τοὺς πολίτας ἐξαπατήσας καθεῖλε.

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Against Eratosthenes, who had been One of the Thirty: Spoken by Lysias Himself

1. i.e., how eagerly he would have claimed participation in the great work of Themistocles, if he is now to seek shelter even in the discredit of helping Theramenes to destroy it!

Lysias Against Eratosthenes, who had been One of the Thirty: Spoken by Lysias Himself 63

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