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ἐβουλόμην μὲν ἂν ἔγωγε καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς ηὐξάμην πολλάκις ἐμαυτὸν μὲν ἁμαρτεῖν τῆς γνώμης, ἣν εἶχον ὑπὲρ τῶν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον διαλύσεων, ὡς οὔτε καλὴν καὶ δικαίαν οὔτε συμφέρουσαν ἡμῖν ὑπελάμβανον ἔσεσθαι τὴν τῶν φυγάδων κάθοδον καὶ διὰ παντός, ὁσάκις περὶ τούτου προὐτέθη σκοπεῖν, πρῶτός τε τῶν ἄλλων καὶ τελευτῶν μόνος, ἐπειδὴ οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπέστησαν, ἠναντιούμην: ὑμᾶς δ᾽, ὦ βουλή, τοὺς ἐπὶ τὰ κρείττω τὴν ἐλπίδα λαμβάνοντας καὶ πάντα [p. 72] τῷ δήμῳ δίκαιά τε καὶ ἄδικα προθύμως χαριζομένους ἄμεινον ἐμοῦ δόξαι φρονεῖν. [2] ἐπειδὴ δ᾽ οὐχ, ὡς ἐβουλόμην τε καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς ηὐχόμην, τὰ πράγματα ὑμῖν κεχώρηκεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ᾤμην, καὶ περιεστήκασιν αἱ χάριτες ὑμῖν εἰς φθόνους καὶ μίση, τὸ μὲν ἐπιτιμᾶν τοῖς ἡμαρτημένοις ὑμῖν καὶ λυπεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ κενῆς, ὃ ῥᾷστόν ἐστι καὶ πᾶσιν ὡς τὰ πολλὰ ποιεῖν σύνηθες, οὐκ ἐν καιρῷ νυνὶ γενησόμενον ὁρῶν ἐάσω. ἐξ ὧν δὲ τά τε παρελθόντα ἐπανορθωσόμεθα, ὅσα μὴ παντάπασιν ἀνιάτως ἔχει, καὶ περὶ τῶν παρόντων ἄμεινον φρονήσομεν, [3] ταῦτα πειράσομαι λέγειν. καίτοι με οὐ λέληθεν, ὅτι μαίνεσθαι καὶ θανατᾶν δόξω τισὶν ὑμῶν γνώμην περὶ τούτων ἐλευθέραν ἀποφαινόμενος ἐνθυμουμένοις, ἡλίκους ἔχει κινδύνους ὁ μετὰ παρρησίας λόγος, καὶ τὰς Μαρκίου συμφοράς, ὃς οὐ δι᾽ ἕτερόν τι νυνὶ τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τρέχει, λογιζομένοις. [4] ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ οἴομαι δεῖν τῆς ἰδίας ἀσφαλείας πλείω ποιεῖσθαι πρόνοιαν ἢ τῆς κοινῆς ὠφελείας. δέδοται γὰρ ἤδη τοῖς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κινδύνοις τὸ σῶμα τοὐμόν, ὦ βουλή, καὶ καθωσίωται τοῖς ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ἀγῶσιν, ὥστε ὅ τι ἂν τῷ δαίμονι δοκῇ, μετὰ πάντων τε καὶ σὺν ὀλίγοις, εἰ δ᾽ ἀνάγκη καὶ μόνος εὐγενῶς πείσομαι: ἕως δ᾽ ἂν ἔχω τὴν ψυχήν, οὐδείς με ἀφέξει φόβος μὴ οὐχ ἃ φρονῶ λέγειν. [p. 73]
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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