Lysias, Against Ergocles: Supplementary, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 2

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[2] Now tell me, how can you forgive these persons, when you see the fleet that they commanded breaking up for want of money and dwindling in numbers,¹ while these men, who were poor and needy on sailing out, have so quickly acquired the largest fortune in the city? It is your duty, therefore, men of Athens , to show indignation at such conduct.

Against Ergocles: Supplementary. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[2] καίτοι πῶς αὐτοῖς χρὴ συγγνώμην ἔχειν, ὅταν ὁρᾶτε τὰς μὲν ναῦς, ὧν ἦρχον οὗτοι, διʼ ἀπορίαν χρημάτων καταλυομένας καὶ ἐκ πολλῶν ὀλίγας γιγνομένας, τούτους δὲ πένητας καὶ ἀπόρους ἐκπλεύσαντας οὕτως ταχέως πλείστην τῶν πολιτῶν οὐσίαν κεκτημένους; ὑμέτερον τοίνυν ἔργον ἐστίν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι,

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Against Ergocles: Supplementary

1. Diodorus Siculus ( Dio. Sic. 14.94 ) mentions a storm in which Thrasybulus lost 23 warships.

Lysias Against Ergocles: Supplementary 2

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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