Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 24

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πρὸς μὲν οὖν τὰς κενὰς ¹ προφάσεις ἃς οὗτοι προφασιοῦνται, μέχρι δεῦρο εἰρήσθω μοι: ὅτι δὲ ὄντως ἦν ὑπεύθυνος ὁ Δημοσθένης, ὅθ᾽ οὗτος εἰσήνεγκε τὸ Ψήφισμα, ἄρχων μὲν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ θεωρικὸν ² ἀρχὴν, ἄρχων δὲ τὴν τῶν τειχοποιῶν, οὐδετέρας δέ πω τῶν ἀρχῶν τούτων λόγον ὑμῖν οὐδ᾽ εὐθύνας δεδωκώς, ταῦτ᾽ ἤδη πειράσομαι ὑμᾶς διδάσκειν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων γραμμάτων. καί μοι ἀνάγνωθι, ἐπὶ τίνος ἄρχοντος καὶ ποίου μηνὸς καὶ ἐν τίνι ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἐν ποίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐχειροτονήθη Δημοσθένης τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ θεωρικόν.³“Διαλογισμὸς τῶν Ἡμερῶν”

οὐκοῦν εἰ μηδὲν ἔτι περαιτέρω ⁴ δείξαιμι, δικαίως ἂν ἁλίσκοιτο Κτησιφῶν: αἱρεῖ γὰρ αὐτὸν οὐχ ἡ κατηγορία ἡ ἐμή, ἀλλὰ τὰ δημόσια γράμματα.

1 κενὰς Stephanus: κοινὰς MSS.

2 τὸ θεωρικὸν Blass, comparing Aristotle, Aristot. Const. Ath. 43.1 and Aristot. Const Ath. 47.2: τῷ θεωρικῷ MSS.

3 τὸ θεωρικόν Blass: τῷ θεωρικῷ MSS.

4 περαιτέρω Weidner: τούτου περαιτέρω or μεραιτέρω τούτουMSS.

Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides Book 1, 1.71
Cross-references to this page (2):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Moods
Cross-references in notes from this page (2):
- Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 43.1
- Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 47.2
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (4):
- LSJ, προφα^σ-ίζομαι
- LSJ, θεωρ-ικός
- LSJ, τειχοποι-ός
- LSJ, χειροτον-έω

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