Lysias, Olympic Oration, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 5

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[5] For we see both the gravity of our dangers and their imminence on every side: you are aware that empire is for those who command the sea, that the King¹ has control of the money, that the Greeks are in thrall to those who are able to spend it, that our master possesses many ships, and that the despot of Sicily ² has many also.

Olympic Oration. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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Olympic Oration (English) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Ολυμπιακός Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 5 focus

[5] ὁρῶμεν γὰρ τοὺς κινδύνους καὶ μεγάλους καὶ πανταχόθεν περιεστηκότας· ἐπίστασθε δὲ ὅτι ἡ μὲν ἀρχὴ τῶν κρατούντων τῆς θαλάττης, τῶν δὲ χρημάτων βασιλεὺς ταμίας, τὰ δὲ τῶν Ἑλλήνων σώματα τῶν δαπανᾶσθαι δυναμένων, ναῦς δὲ πολλὰς μὲν¹ αὐτὸς κέκτηται, πολλὰς δʼ ὁ τύραννος τῆς Σικελίας.

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Olympic Oration

1. Artaxerxes II., who reigned 405-362 B.C.

2. Dionysius I of Syracuse, who reigned 405-367 B.C.

Lysias Olympic Oration 5

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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