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εἶθ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐκεῖνος ᾤετο δεῖν ἀποθνῄσκειν ἢ νικᾶν, ταῦθ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἀφελώμεθα τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ; καὶ τί φήσομεν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅταν τὰ μὲν τρόπαι᾽ ἑστήκῃ δῆλα πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, ἃ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν στρατηγῶν ἐκεῖνος ἔστησε, τῶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τούτοις δωρειῶν ἀφῃρημένον τι φαίνηται; οὐ σκέψεσθ᾽, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ λογιεῖσθε, ὅτι νῦν οὐχ ὁ νόμος κρίνεται πότερον ἔστ᾽ ἐπιτήδειος ἢ οὔ, ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς δοκιμάζεσθ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἐπιτήδειοι πάσχειν ἔστ᾽ εὖ τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον εἴτε μή;
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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