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Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 184 (search)
That this is true, you shall learn from the verses themselves; for on the first of the Hermae stands written:“Brave men and daring were they who once by the city of Eion,Far off by Strymon's flood, fought with the sons of the Medes.Fiery famine they made their ally, and Ares on-rushing;So they found helpless a foe stranger till then to defeat.”unknown>and on the second:“This, the reward of their labour, has Athens bestowed on her leaders;Token of duty well done, honor to valor supreme.Whoso in years yet to be shall read these Ls in the marble,Gladly will toil in his turn, giving his life for the state.
Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 185 (search)
And on the third of the Hermae stands written:“Once from this city Menestheus, summoned to join the Atreidae,Led forth an army to Troy, plain beloved of the gods.Homer has sung of his fame, and has said that of all the mailed chieftainsNone could so shrewdly as he marshal the ranks for the fight.Fittingly then shall the people of Athens be honored, and calledMarshals and leaders of war, heroes in combat of arms.”unknownIs the name of the generals anywhere here? Nowhere; only the name of the peo
Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 223 (search)
And by your recriminations you so blocked the punishment which was your due that the danger came, not upon you, the wrong-doer, but upon those who attempted to proceed against you; for in your charges you everlastingly brought forward Alexander and Philip, and complained that certain persons were fettering the opportunities of the city—you who always ruin the opportunity of to-day, and guarantee that of to-morrow. And when at last you were on the point of being impeached by me, did you not contrive the arrest of Anaxinus of Oreus, who was making purchases for Olympias?Demosthenes asserts (Dem. 19.137) that Anaxinus had come as a spy of the Macedonians, and that Aeschines was caught in a secret interview with him. The purchases for Olympias, Philip's wife, may well have been a pretext for his visit to Athens
Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 224 (search)
And you twice put to the torture with your own hand and moved to punish with death the same man in whose house you had been entertained at Oreus. The man with whom at the same table you had eaten and drunken and poured libations, the man with whom you had clasped hands in token of friendship and hospitality, that man you put to death! When I convicted you of this in the presence of all Athens, and charged you with being the murderer of your host, you did not deny the impious crime, but gave an answer that called forth a cry of protest from the citizens and all the foreigners who were standing about the assembly. For you said that you held the city's salt as of more importance than the table of your foreign host.
Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 239 (search)
But this same man, overtaken by the dangers which are now upon him,See on Aeschin. 3.132. sent, not at the request of the Athenians, but of his own accord, three hundred talents to the people, which they were wise enough to refuse. Now what brought the gold was the crisis, and his fear, and his need of allies. And this same thing it was that brought about the alliance with Thebes. But you, Demosthenes, tire us out with your everlasting talk of Thebes and of that most ill-starred alliance, while you are silent as to the seventy talents of the king's gold which you have seized and embezzled.It appears that when Athens refused the 300 talents which had been brought from the king of Persia to help in organizing a revolt against Alexander, the Persian envoys put at least a part of the gold into Demosthenes' hands, in the expectation that he would use it in unofficial efforts against Macedon.
Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, section 252 (search)
To prove that this is not mere talk, consider my statement in the light of the following facts: There came—it pains me to call it to mind repeatedly—there came a certain disaster to the city. At that time a certain private citizen who merely undertook to sail to Samos was on the same day punished with death by the Senate of the Areopagus, as a traitor to his country. Another private citizen, who sailed away to Rhodes, was only the other day prosecuted, because he was a coward in the face of danger. The vote of the jury was a tie, and if a single vote had been changed, he would have been cast outside our borders.This was Leocrates, who had ventured to return to Athens after eight years' absence. Lycurgus' speech for the prosecution has come down to
Aeschylus, Eumenides (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 213 (search)
cut short my privileges by your words. Apollo I would not take your privileges as a gift. Chorus No, for in any case you are called great at the throne of Zeus. But as for me—since a mother's blood leads me,I will pursue my case against this man and I will hunt him down. Exeunt. Apollo And I will aid my suppliant and rescue him! For the wrath of the one who seeks purification is terrible among mortals and gods, if I intentionally abandon him.Enters the Sanctuary. The scene changes to Athens, before the temple of Athena. Enter Hermes with Orestes, who embraces the ancient image of the goddess. Orestes Lady Athena, at Loxias' command I have come.Receive kindly an accursed wretch, not one who seeks purification, or with unclean hand, but with my guilt's edge already blunted and worn away at other homes and in the travelled paths of men. Going over land and sea alike,keeping the commands of Loxias' oracle, I now approach your house and image, goddess. Here I will keep watch and aw
Aeschylus, Eumenides (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 744 (search)
d of a fatherland, and it is you who have given me a home there again.The Hellenes will say, “The man is an Argive once again, and lives in his father's heritage, by the grace of Pallas and of Loxias and of that third god, the one who accomplishes everything, the savior”—the one who, having respect for my father's death,saves me, seeing those advocates of my mother. I will return to my home now, after I swear an oath to this land and to your peopleThe passage points to the league between Athens and Argos, formed after Cimon was ostracized (461 B.C.) and the treaty with Sparta denounced. for the future and for all time to come, that no captain of my landwill ever come here and bring a well-equipped spear against them. For I myself, then in my grave, will accomplish it by failure without remedy, making their marches spiritless and their journeys ill-omened,so that those who violate my present oath will repent their enterprise. But while the straight course is preserved, and they
Aeschylus, Persians (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 215 (search)
e beneficial to you, your children, the kingdom, and all else that you hold dear. Next, it is appropriate that you shouldoffer libations to Earth and the dead; and use auspicious words to address your husband Darius, whom you say you have seen in the night, and ask him to send into the light of day from beneath the earth blessings for you and your son; ask too that the reverse of this may be held in bondage beneath the earth and fade away in gloom. Such is the advice I, relying on my instincts, offer you with kind intent.According to our interpretation of these portents, the issue will in all respects prove prosperous to you. Atossa You, its first interpreter, have indeed read the meaning of my dream with goodwill, at least, toward my son and house. May the outcome then prove beneficial! When I return to the palace, I will perform for the gods and my dear ones beneath the earth all those rites which you recommend. Meanwhile, my friends, I would like to learnwhere Athens is located.
Aeschylus, Persians (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 284 (search)
Messenger O name of Salamis most odious to my ears!Alas, how I groan when I recall the memory of Athens!